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The Interior is about 52 ft. [feet] in diameter.
There has been an entrance by a mound across
the ditch on the S. [South] and apparently another
on the N.E. [North East] flanked by a wall. The rampart
is gone from the E [East] side where a stone wall
is being built out of its material and as the
interior of the fort is in cultivation what remains
of the construction is in danger of demolition.
The ditch has not been continued around the
N.E. [North East] side. Leaving Jocelyn to bring on the
luggage I set out on my bicycle. Calling

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 24

at Angus Gunn’s croft, his wife took me
to see the stone with the crescentic symbol
on it which lies against the wall at the N. [North] side of the field
before his house. It is as described. At
the upper end of the field beside the open
drain is lying a large stone 2’.3” long 1’.7”
broad with an oblong hollow in the direction
of its length, about 3” deep at the centre
and rising towards the ends which show
signs of attrition. I believe this to be
the stone mentioned in Vol [Volume] 11 of the Pro. [Proceedings]
S. of A.S. [of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland] as an ancient fort. The use of it

[Margin] ? lower stone of a saddle quern

as given locally, for tanning hides is
more probable. It is not a font! About
1/2 m. [mile] further on at Skail about 70 ft. [feet] E [East]

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