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[Opposite page] *I am not quite sure that this cairn is marked
as I had not my 1" map for the spot with me.
Its position must be checked when I am in
that region again.

of a mysterious mass of stones far out on the moor
for which no one could offer an explanation I
suggested that he should take me to it. We accordingly
took the car as far as possible & thence proceeded by
foot across the moor.

Tumulus - Kirkpatrick Juxta [unnoted)
On Ingleston Moor on the W. [West] side of Broadshaw Rig
at an elevation of between 8 & 900 ft. [feet] over sea
level is a small cairn with a diameter of some
12ft. [feet].

Long Cairn - Stiddrig
Situated on the march between the moors of
Stiddrig and Ingleston at an elevation of
nearly 900 ft. [feet] over sea level and slightly more than
*a mile to the SW. [South West] of Stiddrig is a long cairn
It lies with its main axis N by W [North by West] and S by E. [South by East] measuring
91 ft. [feet] in extreme length, 61 ft. [feet] in breadth at the S. [South] end
and 29 at the N. [North] and rising in elevation towards the
former direction with a greatest altitude of 6 ft. [feet].
At the S. [South] end for some 10 ft [feet] the stones have
been removed from above the present ground
level leaving a mere foundation exposed. There
is no indication of the previous existence of a
frontal semicircle nor do any large blocks
appear in the outline of the cairn. From
the North end and to either side at the
opposite extremity there project short lengths
of wall evidently erected by shepherds to

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