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the schoolmaster with whom I had a long
talk and who took me to his house & gave me
a cup of tea. Bless him! My lunch had been
only 2 eggs, some lunch biscuits, & a little bread
& butter! He showed me a fine tanged &
barbed flint arrow head found on the moor
near which had been quite recently used by
the crofters who found it as a charm against
diseases of their cattle. They dipped it in water
and sprinkled the water over the cow. He has
promised to send it to the museum.
Feeling so much refreshed I could not
resist examining the ruins of the broch
at Clach Toll as I passed & saving a long
journey back tomorrow.
To return to Oldany island. Towards the
S. [South] end of the flow on the W. [West] side may be observed
the ruins or outline of boulders of small oval
structures 5’ or 6’ x 4’. On the E. [East] end of
the knoll on which is the cemetery are the
remains of a structure represented by two courses
of boulders with Int. [Interior] measurements of 11’ x 7’.
There are two entrances viz to N.W. & S.E. [North West & South East].
Another near by is circular with dia. [diameter] of 6’.)
It stands at the edge of the flat ledges of
rock that fringe the shore at the S. [South] end of

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