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if perhaps marking the head & feet of the body.
On the piece of waste ground S. [South] of the burn
that runs through Torroboll & N.W. [North West] of the last
enclosed crofts is a hut circle of usual type
measuring internally 30' x 34' with walls 5 ft. [feet] thick
and entrance to the S.W. [South West]. The wall is about
2 ft. [feet] high and is evidently built of boulders and
turf. Around this circle are about a score
of cairns of the usual small type. On the
top of one at its N. [North] end a single large boulder
sticks up about a foot above the heather.
The weather has been stormy and the evening
is wet. Jocelyn with Mary & nurse have
gone to Dornoch to try to get rooms for next
month. Harry Butler who joined us last
night has been fishing on Loch Beannach.
I have had my hair cut by the coach-builder
with an ancient & unclean looking skirt
draped round my neck & the barbers hands
redolent of paint & varnish!

18th June 1909. A dull morning. Set off on foot
along the Golspie road. About 3 m. [miles] E [East] of
Lairg on the N. [North] side of the road situated on a
slight level on the slope of the hill above which
the rocks rise for some 50 ft. [feet]; is a hut circle of the
usual type with entrance to the S.E. [South East]. It measures

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