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primula Scotica flourishes and is in full
bloom. There are also quantities of cowslips
in flower beside the crofts. Returning through
Clerkhill we made enquiries regarding the
broch of which I had a note as having existed
there but could find no trace of it. A little
to the Southward however on a croft which
bore the significant name of the Dun we
found the remains. The broch had stood
at the extreme W. [West] end of a low rocky ridge
but all that remained of it were a few large
stones in situ which had formed part
of the foundation on the top of the rock. The
buildings of the croft occupied part of the site
and the crofter told us that he had built
a new shed on a sort of round building
in which he had found a lot of grain.
(For position see 6” map.) We could find no
trace of a stone circle on Crag an Soiller.
It was 3. o’clock before I got home to lunch.
Our meal over we put up our rods & got
ferried over the Naver with the primary object
of inspecting the remains on Bal Margait.
This is a gravelly plateau elevated some 20’
above the Naver on its E. [East] bank and
about 1/4 mile in length & breadth. Its surface

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