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Dornoch No. 18
The thickness of the enclosing bank is about 5'.
At Dalchiel near Fleuchary 3 m. [miles] E.NE. [East North East] of Dornoch
on a piece of waste land between the road and
the Erelix are a small cairn and traces of circular
enclosures in its vicinity. Lunched at home for
the first Saturday for a long time. In the
afternoon J. [Jocelyn], Elize, and I walked along the links to
the N. [North] of the town. Rather more than 1/2 m. [mile]
N.E. [North East] of the town and about 350 yds. [yards] from the shore
is situated the Thane's Cross, stated to have been
erected there as a memorial of the battle of
Embo fought about 1245 in which William E [Earl] of Suther:
:land defeated the Danes. It is a tall shaft
which has been broken and is now clamped
with iron expanded at the head
whereon rests a triangle of stone, open
in the centre probably a fragment of the
original cross. The extreme length is 7'.3 1/2"
The edges of the shaft are chamfered and
at 4'.1" above the ground is a projecting band
10" deep, relieved on the E. and W [East and West] faces with a
shield, that on the E [East] charged with three stars
of 5 points (2 and 1) for the E [Earl] of Sutherland
that on the W. indecipherable. The breadth of
the shaft is 1'.6" its thickness 8 1/2". The cross
faces E. & W. [East & West]. It is now enclosed within an iron railing

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