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has been less hollowing of it than usual.
About 100 yds [yards] to the Eastward down the
hillside lies a hut circle, oval in form
& measuring interiorly 19' by 16' with its longest
axis N E [North East] to S W. [South West] & surrounded by
a turf bank some 3'- 4'' thick. As in the larger enclosure on
the hill top adjacent there is a semilunar
projection at the S W. [South West] extremity covering the
entrance with a chord of 10 ft. [feet] and a bisectional
diameter of 6 ft [feet] with which is an entrance from
the S. [South]. It is a noteworthy and significant
fact that both these enclosures situated in
close proximity show a distinct and, as
far as my observation has gone in this county,
a unique departure from their typical form.
it is also remarksble, though probably nothing
more than a coincidence, that the proportions
of the exceptional features are identical.
I observed several of these hut circles between
Mid Raeburn and Raeburnfoot on the
right bank of the burn, others on a slight
eminence on the opposite side of the burn
to the Roman camp, and one within the outer
precinct near the N [North] end. There is also one
on Bankhead Hill a short distance to the
W. [West] of the higher of the two enclosures near
the Bankhead Burn. Hitherto I have
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