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in from the entrance on the left side is a
hollow about 2' across and 14" deep. One large
stone seems to be in situ on one side and another
has fallen in. About 100 yds. [yards] W. [West] is another
smaller than usual and circular with a diameter
of about 18'. It seems to have had a secondary
stone building inside it probably in connection
with a small house which once stood near.
There are remains of a number of cairns
in the vicinity overgrown with turf.
About 1 m. [mile] N.W. [North West] of the monument are two
hut circles of usual type with some half a
dozen cairns around them. All along the
ridge the cairns occur at intervals and one
or two hut circles are visible among them but
the banks seem to have been solely of turf &
they have in great measure disappeared. The
cairns where indicated at the end of the ridge are
very numerous but show no features of peculiar
interest. The broch of Shiness
is situated on a knoll at the foot of a field
about 400 yds. [yards] N.W. [North West] of Shiness house at the N. [North] end
of the Loch a’ Bhainbh. It is now a featureless
cairn of stones some 7' to 8' high. The remains
of two chambers are visible on the S.E. [South East] side.
In the bank of the burn to the S. [South] a quantity of

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