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hillocks and hollows in its neighbourhood
has numerous groups of small cairns
of the usual external appearance circular, varying
in diameter from 12 ft. [feet] to 20 ft. [feet] and rising in
elevation seldom more than 2 ft [feet] 6 ins. [inches]
About 1/2 m. [mile] South of the farmhouse lies
a group of about a dozen-measuring in
diameter from 12 to 14 ft. [feet] and in height
about 2 ft.
About 100 yds. to the westward is another
group containing about six cairns
lying along the slope of a hill
the largest of which measures about 20 ft. [feet]
in diameter and 2 ft. [feet] in height. Both
these groups are at an elevation of some
850 ft. [feet] over sea level.
There are also groups on the North end
of Craighoar Hill and on the West side
of the Tarnis Burn about 1/2 m. [mile] to the
North of Kirmelhead between the road
and the Kirmel Water some 3/4 mile
East of the farm between 700 & 800 feet over sea level, also on the North side
of the road about the same elevation. on the
North & South sides of the Lochan Burn
a few hundred yards above its junction
with the Kinmel about the 700 ft. [feet] elevation.
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