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of 7 or 8 cairns of the ordinary type. One however
in the S.E. [South East] corner of the enclosure measures
23' x 21'. Another cairn is about 300 yds [yards]
S. [South] of Sidney House.

19 June 1909. I took a seat in the Invershin
motor as far as Colaboll about 4 m [miles] N.N.W. [North North West] of
Lairg. Here the land has been much brought
under cultivation and the cairns & hut circles
marked on the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] map as existing about
3/4 m. [mile] N. [North] of the post office have entirely disappeared
except for one hut circle at the N. [North] side of the
small plantation about 1/2 m. [mile] N. [North] and near its E. [East] end.
It is of the usual type with entrance to SE [South East] and
measures about 25' x 33'. Finding my
way by farm road to Shiness I struck N. [North] on
to the moorland by a fallen monument to
the memory of Murray of Guirness who had
been the means of reclaiming the surrounding
land from the moors and excellent pas:
:ture land much of it looked. About
300 yds. [yards] N.W. [North West] of the monument is a hut circle
measuring 33' x 36' with entrance to S.E. [South East].
A foot or two to the E. [East] of its centre is a small
semicircle of stones about 2' across which has
been a hearth. I cut out a turf and found
a small quantity of charcoal. About 10 ft. [feet]

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