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this unassuming hotel which is remarkably
clean and comfortable. - The scenery is less
grand than at Lairg, but the place is more
solitary and a little less cold. There are two
other visitors, both Englishman, one a fisher,
who has toiled all day for one trout, the other
a middle-aged cyclist, whom we met at
Lairg, and who is en route for Cape Wrath.

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After tea, Jocelyn and I set out for Klibreck, where
Mrs. E. Morrison had told me of a standing stone.
On enquiring the way at the farm buildings
I learned from the shepherd that not far off
on the hill side to the S. [South] was a hut circle and
some cairns. These he took us to see. They are

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situated at the E [East] end of a ridge about ½ m. [mile] S. [South] of Klibreck
Ho. [House] and consist of a circle somewhat oval in
form with diameter of 28’ x 36’ enclosed by a
Stoney bank about 8 ft. [feet] across and 18” to 2’
high with an entrance towards the S.E. [South East].
In its immediate vicinity are some ten or
twelve small round cairns covered with
vegetation, ea. [each] about 15’ diameter and 2 ft. [feet] high.
The shepherd told me of other similar remains
on the moors. Locally the cairns are supposed
to be the graves of King Harald’s warriors
and the circle the fort in which they made their

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