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Dornoch No. 20
About 1 1/2 m. [miles] NNE [North North East] of Dornoch on a stretch of waste
land overgrown with whins to the W [West] of the railway
are the remains of a circular cairn with a diameter of some 44' which
has been excavated. Near the centre a cist
has been exposed, formed of 4 flat slabs, 4" to 5"
in thickness set on edge, measuring interiorly
3'.5" in length, 2'.4" in width and 1'.10" in depth.
The slab which still partially covers it is some
6' in length x 2'.4" across the centre and 6" thick.
It is of sandstone and presents a crescentic
outline on its S. [South] edge, which may have been
caused by a fracture when the cist was
opened. On the underside of this stone
at its W. [West] end is a well defined cup mark
about 2 1/2" across and 3/4" deep. Some 2 1/2"
to the S. [South] of the cup a shallow groove runs
along the centre of the stone from its W [West] end for about 23"
curving at its E. [East] extremity towards the S. [South].
There are a number of small hollows
on both surfaces which seem to be natural.

12th July. On the W. [West] side of the Westmost of the two
tracks which lead N. and S. [North and South] across the Harriet
Plantation and some 200 yds. [yards] N. [North] of the road
past Lednabirichen is a small circular
enclosure surrounded by the base of a wall
outlined on both faces with boulders. The

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