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thrown in to fill the interior and round up the top; but some of 

 this confusion may have resulted from the same causes by which the 

 walls were defaced. 



It does not appear that any stones had been piled against the out- 

 side of the walls to assist in retaining them in place ; such as were 

 found in this position were either thrown there by the present inhabi- 

 tants or had fallen from the top. 



Two of the cairns, the second and the third in order, were so 

 torn up and overgrown that no investigation of them was atten^pted ; 

 the three others were fully examined. 



Cairn (1) 



In the first, that nearest the terminus of the ridge, all stones lying 

 against the outside of the structure were thrown aside, bringing the 

 outer face into plain view. The inclosure thus revealed resembled 

 the rude foundation of a small building. Measuring from corner 

 to corner the north wall was 14 feet long, the south wall 16 feet, the 

 east wall 14 feet, the west wall 13 feet. The walls were as straight 

 and the corners as square as they could well be made with surface 

 rocks not trimmed or dressed from their natural rough condition. 



The space within was next freed of stones; the topmost were 3 

 feet above the outside level, though no doubt higher when first 

 piled. The inside measurements were: North wall 10 feet, south 

 wall 10 feet, east wall 9 feet, west wall 9 feet ; all measurements being 

 approximate, as no definite boundaries could be determined. 



The south wall was practically destroyed; the others were not 

 much injured, but no longer plumb, as they undoubtedly were wfien 

 constructed. The east wall was in best condition; the outer face 

 was nearly vertical ; the top of the highest stone remaining in it was 

 28 inches above the bottom of the lowest. The general appearance 

 of the wall indicates that it was somewhat higher. 



After the stones were thrown out there remained a deposit of 

 loose material, composed to some extent of very scanty soil and of 

 humus from decayed weeds and leaves, but principally of disinte- 

 grated sandstone which had settled or washed in. Its thickness 

 above bedrock was about 16 inches. All this was carefully examined. 



Near the center, a few inches above the natural bedrock, were some 

 fragments of human bones which seemed to belong to two adults. 

 Another adult body, or skeleton, bundled or closely folded, had been 

 placed against the south wall, which had partially fallen in on it. 

 Pieces of long bones, including heads of two femurs, the ends of 

 the bones at an elbow, phalanges, and a fragment of rib were found 

 in a space less than a foot across. Nothing more of them remained 

 and nothing else was found. 



