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trench is lost as it passes round the South end and
cannot be traced over the summit to the North.
The position of an entrance through this con:
:struction is evident directly S'SE [South-South East] of Grennan Hill.
There are a number of low banks running about this
hill which seem to be the remains of old feal dykes and
though this entrenchment is more prominent I
can hardly regard it as a permanent defensive
work.

Tynron Par [Parish]
Old Auchen:
:brack.
Small cairns
On the South West face of Cairney Knowe a grassy
brae that lies between the shepherd's house at
Old Auchenbrack and the Appin Lodge hedge is a
group of small cairns varying in diameter from
[Margin] unnoted.
12ft. [feet] to 18ft. [feet] lying at an elevation of from 800 to 900
ft. [feet] over sea level. There is also the foundation of
a larger cairn measuring some 26 ft. [feet] in diameter.

Craigencoon Hill.
Cairns remains of. unnoted
On the summit of Craigencoon Hill are the
remains of a large circular cairn, now reduced
almost to ground level, which has measured
in diameter some 82ft. Several large stones
still stand on the periphery suggesting that its
outline has been marked in this manner.
Possibly the interment has not been disturbed.

Cairns.
Craigencoon
unnoted
Some 300 yds. [yards] directly in front of Craigencoon
and some 75 yds [yards] distant from the road
are the remains of a large cairn which has

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