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details of the internal arrangement may be con:
:cealed in this fragment as no definite signs
of a chamber are elsewhere visible.

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 8

About 1/3 m. [mile] S.S.W. [South South West] of Savalmore on a ridge
is a group of cairns and a hut circle. The
hut circle is a circle of 30' Internal dia. [diameter] & well
preserved.
An oval mound on the face of the hill
above the manse of Lairg is marked "cairn" on
the O.S. [Ordnance Survey]. Its longest axis lies N.W. & S.E. [North West & South East] Dia. [Diameter]
83' x 54'. Height about 6 ft. [feet]. It is entirely covered
with turf and I doubt its artificial character
though the S.E [South East] end of it has more appearance
of a sepulchral cairn than the rest.
I visited the churchyard before returning
home but found nothing of any importance.
I took it easy today & occasionally rested
so did not feel my head so much.

25th June. I procured an assistant today as I anti:
:cipated much measurement. We proceeded
first to the group of cairns which lie about the
top of a low grassy hill about 1/4 m. [mile] N [North] of Lairg

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] No. 8

Lodge. It consists of about 16 small cairns of
the usual type covered with vegetation.

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] No. 4

About 1/2 m. [mile] due N. [North] on the AnT-Sròn a ridge
running N. and S. [North and South] are a large number of cairns &

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