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slight extent, the presence of large stones all
over it demonstrate, I think, that this is the
site of a cairn from which the fold has been built.
The diameters are 88' and 80'.

Small cairns &c. Lochside.
On the brae face above the right bank of the
Loch Burn and about 1/2 m. [mile] NE. [North East] of Lochside are
a number of small artificial looking hollows
one measuring 9' by 7' in diameter and 1 1/2' in depth,
and one or two small circular hut foundations
too indefinite for measurement. one mound
was observed, oval in form measuring 17' by 12'
with an interior hollow entering from NW. [North West] at
right angles to its longest axis measuring some
5' by 6'. At the back of the mound is a
depression from which the soil that forms it
has been thrown out. (A construction
somewhat analogous to this was seen near
Durcha, Altassmore, Sutherland). Several other
oblong mounds about 1' in height show the
same hollow behind. These objects occur between 700'
and 800' over sea level.

? Site of Crannog
About 1/4 m. [mile] N. [North] by E. [East] of Lochside is a small
pool around which innumerable sea birds
were soaring. I think the site of a crannog is
marked in it on the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 6" map.

"Sean Caer" site of fort.
About 1/4 m. [mile] due N. [North] of the church at the W. [West] end
of the town of Sanquhar is a ridge trending
from the NW. [North West] and ending in a swelling

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