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might have been a well. Can these be
places for water? It was pouring rain
& I found great difficulty in making notes
or looking at my map. I pushed on
however to visit the “tumuli” indicated on
the map (24b) and finding on the hill
above them the remains of an excellent
stone circle unnoted I thought it time
to return & start fresh on it another day.

23rd June. As I have been feeling a tightness
across my forehead for some days I took
a rest and fished with Harry Butler in
Bearnoch. The sky was covered with heavy
thunderous clouds & we did no good. 11 trout
weighing 7½ lbs. [pounds]. I had one lanky brute 1 1/2 lbs [pounds]

24 June. Lairg Moor The group of cairns about 1/3 m. [mile] N. [North] of Lairg
church is of the usual character. There are

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 10

remains of one or two hut circles now ill defined.
About 250 yds [yards] N.W. [North West] of Sydney Ho. [House] Lairg Moor, are
two hut circles set in relation to an old enclosing
bank. The bank or mound is irregular in
outline and height but in places it is 12' - 14' ft. [feet]
across. and 2 ft [feet] high. It crosses the moor
from N.W. to S.E. [North West to South East] along the edge of a slight
elevation and on reaching the point where the
hut circles have been placed it turns to the S. [South]

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