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a stable, and the floor is causewayed.
The second cave is of similar character and
dimensions except that it is not causewayed and
across the rock floor is cut a drain. It has
a high squared doorway in the front and high
up on the wall to the right in the corner is a
small aperture to the outside from which on
the outerface a squared recess a foot in width
& 6 to 8 ins [inches] deep is carried up to the top of the
rock. In the centre of the roof is a small funnel-
-like opening which formerly would open to the
upper air. To the West of the first
cave a recess on the face of the rock showing
numerous tool marks appears to have been the
back wall of another similar cave. Nothing
seems to be known of the history of these caves.

Enclosure Corehead
On the brow of a ridge which forms the
end of the watershed between two burns coming
down from Cooklaw Knowe and Spout Craig
respectively, at an elevation of 900 feet over
sea level and about 1/2 mile to the South East
of Corehead is a circular enclosure measuring interiorly 152 ft [feet] by 138 ft [feet] formed
with a single rampart composed of small stones,
now reduced to a low level towards the
exterior but owing to the hollowing of
the interior having an elevation on the inside

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