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largest 2'.2" high & 2'.2" broad at base & 1' thick) with
their broad faces outwards. Three similar
stones lie as if displaced, in the line of the
circumference towards the S. [South].
About 100 yds [yards] SE [South East] are three cairns of 18' - 20'
diameter and 2' - 3' high. A hut circle with
entrance SW. [South West] lies about 100 yds [yards] E [East] of the single
cairn. The inner line of the wall is marked
by pointed stones, the highest about 2', projecting
at irregular intervals. The enclosure is
circular with diameter of 26'. The width of the entrance is not ascer:
:tainable.
On the hill between Gruids and the road from
Lairg to Bonar Bridge on the W. [West] side of the Shin
are a number of hut circles and cairns
About 100 yds [yards] from the road is a group of about
8 cairns and a hut circle through which a
roadway has been cut. One cairn about 30'
W. [West] of the hut circle measures about 30' x 26' and
is about 2' high. Another hut circle lies
about 100 yds [yards] SW [South West] of the first measuring 19' x 24'
interiorly with Entrance towards SE. [South East]. The banks
are more stony than usual and measure about
6' across. A group of 4 or 5 cairns lies to SW. [South West].
About a 1/4 m. [mile] SW. [South West] of the W [West] end of the suspen:
:sion bridge over Shin near Lairg railway station

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