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:tions of walls. This mass of boulders seems too
huge to have been merely gathered from the
fields unless they were thickly strewn with cairns
and it is not quite like any sepulchral construc:
:tion I have met. Within the birch wood
to the W. [West] of the tongue of arable land to the
W [West] of Little Swordale is a small group of
cairns. It was nearly 6.20 before I left
Mr Mackenzie and set out on my 14 miles
ride home. It is very seldom I get back
before 7.0 p.m.

28th July. Moved on to the Grand Hotel Brora -
a temperance hotel, which is simple in its man:
:agement. Sandy came back from school. All
afternoon I was engaged writing up arrears.

29th July. Trained to Rogart and was joined by
Mr. Bishop from Dornoch at the Mound.

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 9.

To the E. [East] of Morness on the Breac Achadh on
the rising ground to the E [East] of the road to the NW. [North West]
of the crofts at an elevation of about 480' is a considerable group of cairns
of ordinary type. Towards the E. [East] side of the
group on the upper slope about 50 yds. [yards] W. [West] of
the croft dyke is one rather more conspicuous
than the rest. It is almost circular with a
diameter of about 21' and is about 3'.6" high

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 11

About 1/2 m. [mile] to the N. [North] on the W [West] side of the road

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