gb0551ms-36-8-220

Transcription

[Page] 220
[Continued from page 219]

of my friend Cree. The pleasure of the day was
rather marred by our being kept waiting 1 1/4 hours
at The Mound station for a train from the South,
which made it 8.30 ere we got back to Dornoch.

17th July. Motored to Golspie to visit Dunrobin.
To the W [West] of the castle and about 30 - 40 yds [yards] West of
the Monument to the Duchess of Sutherland on the
top of gravelly knoll about 2'.2" below the surface
is a stone cist the E [East ] end of which has been
removed. It lies with its longest axis E. & W. [East & West]
and is formed of three slabs and a cover. The
internal dimensions are 4' long, 2'.4" wide, & 2'.3" high.
An urn of the beaker class found in it is pre:
:served in the Dunrobin Museum.
We went into the castle to see the old tower.
Very little is visible and there seems nothing
to add to the description in the Cast & Dom. Arch. [Castellated & Domestic Architecture of Scotland]
Standing at the side of the walk which runs
along the top of the banks through the wood
to the E. [East] of the castle is a stone sculptured
with incised symbols. It is 6'.2" in height
above ground, 2'.4" broad at base tapering
slightly to the upper end, and is about 15" thick.
On its S. [South] face is cut a crescent 3'.2" between
the points and 14" across - bearing on its centre
a figure formed of an oval 4 1/2" x 3 1/2" and a

[Continued on page 221]