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of grey sand with numerous white particles in it
which did not appear to be osseous. Beneath this
was a layer of black unctuous matter. Only
one small portion of calcined bone was found.

[Margin] There was also found 1 valve of mussel, a metal disc of a button (modern) and a considerable number of empty cocoons of the emperor moth or some other of same kind brought in by rats, whose [nest] was in one corner)

There also came to light a flint scraper made of
a faulty piece of flint with a hole in it and
a fragment about 2" square of dark reddish
pottery well baked with rather a fine texture,
part of a round vessel with a slightly everted
lip. There was a small

[Sketch inserted here]

amount of charcoal
in the sandy deposit.
The floor was over its greater
part packed with flat
flags laid on the
old natural surface.
There were no remains of
any other burials noted.
All the soil in the chamber was carefully
passed through a half inch riddle. It
was a wet cold day and the rain made
the soil difficult to examine. The bones
were sent, by request to Dr. [Doctor] Simpson, Golspie,
whose report I have not yet heard. They
appeared to be leg bones. The time
taken to clear out the chamber left us

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