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by cultivation. The ditch on the E. [East] is still
well preserved & is similar to that on the N. [North] The
interior area has measured about 137’ from
N. to S. [North to South], some 60’ - 70’ from E. to W. [East to West] at the N. [North] end
and about 150’ from E to W. [East to West] at the S. [South] but the
destruction of the W. [West] side of the enclosure renders
these measurements uncertain. The sides are straight
and the corners rounded.

Site of Chapel (12)
About 1/2 m. [mile] ENE [East North East] of Crouse the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] marks the
site of a chapel. The site is enclosed by the
remains of a low bank or wall and is almost
surrounded by marshy ground. The well is
apparent at the W [West] end.

Kirkcowan Boreland.
9th May 1911.
A lovely morning. Bicycled to
Boreland to look for the cairns missed yesterday.

Cairn
About 120 yds. [yards] S. by E. [South by East] of the farm house of Bore:
:land is a large circular cairn. It measures
in diameter 90’ from N. to S. [North to South] by 104 from E. to W. [East to West]
and has to the highest point an elevation of
about 8’. It has been considerably quarried
for stones from the top but shows no signs
of having been excavated. The cairn
marked on the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] to the E. [East] of it has been
entirely removed.

Wigtown
On the end of a low rocky ridge some
300 yds. [yards] S.E. [South East] of Torhouseskie farm house and

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