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STANDING STONES [Watenan] (Standing Stones) Sir Henry Dryden
Mr Anderson, Antiquarian Museum Edinburgh
Mr J Shearer, Thrumster
029 A number of standing stones, none of them more than 2 1/2 feet in height & at Each end a Tumulus. Supposed to be an ancient burial place.
TUMULI [Watenan] Tumuli (Remains of) Sir Henry Dryden
Mr Anderson Antiquarian Museum Edinburgh
Mr J Shearer, Thrumster
029 A number of small hillocks of loose stones & earth, some of which have been opened, discovering small stone graves of slabs of stones about 4 1/2 feet to 5 feet in length. Remains of skeletons found in some of them.

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County of Caithness -- Parish of Wick

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[Signed] Charles J Fearnside
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