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[Page] 106 -- HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (SCOTLAND) COMMISSION.

PARISH OF REAY.

390. Construction, Shurrery. - On the left bank of the Forse Water,
about 1/2 m. down from Loch Shurrery, is a mound covered with the
indefinite ruins of some primitive construction. It has been much
quarried for stones and the plan is no longer evident. It has not the
general appearance of a broch, though the small piece of wall visible
on the S. resembles in its building the wall of such a structure.
There appears to have been a main central circular area with a
diameter of 24', entered from the W., with various chambers opening
off it. To the N. are the ruins of several small detached buildings.
O.S.M., CAITH., xvi. ("Mound"). Visited, 11th August 1910.

391. Construction, "Tota an Dranndain," Torr a' Bathaich,
Shurrery. - Some 200 yards ENE. of the shepherd's house at Torr
a' Bathaich, across the water from Creagan a' Bheannaich (No. 409),
and just outside the wall of an enclosed park, are the ruins of a large
circular construction in the building of which stones of great size have
been employed. It has been circular, with a diameter over all of 53'.
The entrance has been from the NW., measuring 2' in width at its outer
extremity, and the passage wall is evident on the right for a distance
of 10'. On the left side it is less well preserved. On that side there
appears to be an entrance to a chamber. The inner face of the wall
is not visible. While in some respects the ruin resembles a broch, a
number of large flat slabs lying exposed over the surface and certain
other features suggest that possibly it is not one. The elevation is
some 4' to 5' at most.
O.S.M., CAITH., xvi. Visited, 11th August 1910.

392. Construction, Shurrery. - About 1/4 m. down the Forse Water
from Tigh a' Bheannaich, on the same side of the river, are the
indefinite remains of a large circular construction. A number of
large slabs set upright protrude irregularly over the surface, but
there are no indications of either the character or plan of construc-
tion. It appears to have belonged to the same class as some of the
other remains in the district.
O.S.M., CAITH., xvi. ("Carn Liath"). Visited, 11th August 1910.

393. Construction, Hill of Shebster. - At the SE. end of the Hill of
Shebster, and about 100 yards N. of the upper end of the W. wall of
the cultivated and enclosed parks at Shebster, are the ruins of a
circular construction. Over all it has a diameter of some 58' and
an elevation of 4'. Being entirely overgrown with thick turf its
character is obscured. There is no indication of its having been
a broch, and it more resembles the indefinite constructions found
near Shurrery.
O.S.M., CAITH., x. ("Cairn"). Visited, 15th August 1910.

394. Construction, Hill of Shebster. - Some 80 yards to the westward of the last
are the foundations of an oval or circular construction with a diameter
of about 40'. There are a number of small circular depressions of some
5' or thereby in diameter in the interior, but the whole is overgrown
with thick turf and the plan and character quite obscured.
O.S.M., CAITH., x. (unnoted). Visited, 15th August 1910.