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on the top of a sharp decline towards the E [East] is a
hillock which seems to be a cairn though as it is
overgrown with heather I am not absolutely certain.
It is almost circular, measuring 33' from N to S [North to South] and
35' from E to W. [East to West] and is about 5' high.
On a slight rise about 30 yds [yards] S. [South] of the site of the
broch in the plantation to the N. [North] of the Ord is a circular
enclosure overgrown with heather whose dimen:
:sions are in consequence not accurately ob:
:tainable but the interior diameter appears to
be about 25'. Just finished as it settled down to rain.
Left Lairg in the evening for Dornoch.

6th July. A wet day and glad of a rest. Walked
to the cathedral and there met Mr Bentinck
the Minister who took us round. The church
is described in Eccles. Arch. [Ecclesiastical Architecture]. Within it at
the W. [West] end of the nave lie the mutilated remains
of a recumbent effigy on the top of a sarcophagus.
The figure is believed to represent Sir Richard
de Moravia brother of Bishop Gilbert founder
of the Cathedral (? slain at the battle of Embo).
It is shown as clad in chain mail covered with
a jupon showing a bordered edge at the neck
and arm holes. The head of the figure resting on
a small square cushion is detached, the upper
part broken off and the features gone. The arms

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