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cairns here appeared to me to be heaps of
stones gathered from the fields, but at the
top of the slope, near where the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] has
indicated tumuli, just outside the wood
about 1/4 m. [mile] S. [South] of the loch & nearly opposite
the bay that indents its S. [South] side is a
curious cairn, which bears the appearance

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 36.

of Antiquity. It is at highest only about
1 1/2 above present level, it is 38 ft. [feet] long – lies
N. [North] and S. [South]. It is about 7’ broad at the N. [North] end
but its general breadth for 26’ S. [South]wards is
about 5 ft. [feet] and, thence expanding, measures
10’ across at its S. [South] extremity.

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 38.

About 1 m. [mile] S. [South] of the W. [West] end of the loch on
the W. [West] slope of the Cnoc Bad an t-Sithein and
by the side of the pass, which leads from Strath
Naver to Loch Coir ‘an Fhearna scattered
over a considerable distance extending
to several hundred yards are a great
number of small round cairns overgrown
with peat. The O.S. [Ordnance Survey] indicates 35 but there
must be about three times that number.
There are no signs of circles near or any
indication of a settlement. About half

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 37.

a mile N.N.W. [North North West] of these the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] indicates
6 tumuli – these are also of the small type

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