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The origin of these carefully constructed dry-stone cairns is unknown but they have stood on this wild site for many hundreds of years.
Copyright Simon Ledingham and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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| Posted Comments: Sunny100 (2010-08-29) | I saw these cairns on television tonight in the programme called 'Secret Britain'. Very interesting site. Yes the site needs looking at with a view to excavating what is perhaps a large burial mound with an entrance. |
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