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two yards in diameter, with four large stones standing outside, and 

 marking a passage, pointing due east, of sixteen yards long, seven 

 yards wide at the entrance, and diminishing to four yards as it ap- 

 proaches the cairn. 



0-— -In the valley, below the two knolls, are the remains of a cairn, 

 nine and a half yards in diameter. One upright stone, inscribed 

 with circular hollows, stands in the interior. 



P and Q, — Are the remains of two cairns, each about seven yards in 

 diameter, placed close together, on the side of the central peak. 



E — Is forty -two yards from T ; its present remains are only about 

 two feet high, thirty-eight paces round, and contain an exposed 

 circular chamber in the centre, seven feet in diameter. 



S — Is seven yards from T ; diameter thirty- three feet six inches, and is 

 surrounded by thirty-six large stones placed on their ends. A cham- 

 ber of six feet long, and four feet wide, lies open in the centre. On 

 the top of one of the marginal stones, about five feet high, a rude 

 cross has been carved, 8x8 inches, which tradition in the locality 

 asserts was the work of the men engaged in the Ordnance Survey, 

 as well as the cross 9 inches high by 8 inches broad, carved on the 

 centre of the seat of "The Hag's Chair." 



T — Though not the largest of all the cairns, is the one of greatest 

 magnitude on the central summit, and, from its position, is the 

 most conspicuous, at a distance, of all the cairns. No attempt has 

 yet been made to open or deface this noble monument. It is 126 

 yards in circumference, twenty-one yards from base to summit, and 

 is surrounded by thirty-seven stones, laid on edge, and varying in 

 length from six to twelve feet. The length of the curve indicating 

 the entrance is seventeen yards. Exactly facing the north, and set 

 about four feet inwards from the circumference, is a stone, nine 

 feet long, three feet high, and two feet thick, having a rude seat 

 hollowed out of the centre. The ends are elevated nine inches 

 above the seat, and the back appears to have fallen away. This is 

 called " The Hag's Chair." 



U — Is about seventeen yards from T, and is forty-nine yards in cir- 

 cumference. There are sixteen large stones still in the base; 

 and nearly two feet inside the circumference, a stone, seven 

 feet long, lies facing the entrance. The upper portion of the 

 cairn has been entirely removed, exposing four chambers, ac- 

 curately represented in Diagram No. 2 A. The direction of the 

 passage to these chambers points E. 30° S. The chambers are formed 

 of rude flagstones, set upon their edges, and when I visited the 

 place were filled up with small stones. These I cleared away, in 

 order to get rubbings of the upright stones. I did not clear the 

 entire chambers; but, after the small stones had been removed 

 round the bases of the upright stones, I had to dig through about 

 eight inches deep of earth, thickly mixed with charred bones, most 

 of them broken into small splinters. I submit some specimens, 

 together with the curious rubbings of the stones alluded to. On the 



