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Rogart.
29th June. Bicycled to Dalnessie 9 miles off, at
the edge of the Duke's deer forest at the head of
the Brora. Called on the keeper who told me
of one or two objects on the Black Water &c. & then
set off over some rough hummocky moorland
for 2 m. [miles] due E. [East]. On the S. [South] slope of the hill
between the Allt na Inse Mor & the rivulet
to the E [East] of it and about 3/4 m [mile] N. [North] of the Brora
is a group of "tumuli" and hut circles. At
the SE. [South East] end of the group near the W [West] bank of the
burn is a mounded construction with an
opening 7' across towards the N. [North] with a
cup shaped depression in the centre 7' from
N. to S. [North to South] and 5' across the bottom of which is 2'.6"
below the top of the mound and a few inches
lower than the level of the ground outside.
The edge of the hollow is 2' in from the outer edge.
The enclosing mound is 14' and the length of the whole
construction from N. to S. [North to South] 22'.

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The cairns which lie along the hillside for
several hundred yards W. [West] are of the usual
type from 12' - 18' dia. [diameter] and from 1' - 2'.6" high.
The hill abounds in large boulders & the
cairns seem to have been constructed of
rather larger stones than usual. The end
of one cairn is a boulder 4' long & 2' high with

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