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[Opposite page sketch inserted (C-shaped hut circle, Craigshiels)]

reaching up to the watershed by easier gradients.
Here at the top of the left bank about 1/2 m. [mile] to the E [East] and
N E. [North East] of the shepherd's house at Craigshiels and
between the elevations of 800 and 900 ft. [feet] over sea
level are a number of small cairns of low
elevation and measuring in diameter from
12 to 15 feet. About 100 yds [yards] to the S. [South] of Young's
Burn and within the group are the remains
of what appears to have been a hut circle
as it seems now somewhat in the shape
of a letter C with an opening to the S W. [South West] and
measuring interiorly 15 ft. [feet] by 9 ft [feet]. The bank
which has surrounded it has been composed
large of boulders but with lose [loose] stones on the
surface the outline is not very definite.
Within 50 ft. [feet] of it to the N [North] & W. [West] lie two or three
small cairns, while further up Young's Burn
to the E. [East] several more may be seen.

Gibbs Corse Martyr's Stone
I steered my course over a featureless moor
by compass to the spot on the East side
of the Watershed where this object is marked,
but though I searched for some time round
about the only stone I could find was a
boulder in the bottom of a bowl shaped
hollow on which were cut some initials.
Nothing of the nature of a monument could I

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