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of the burn just beyond the N.E. [North East] end of the
ridge is another small oval enclosure with an
interior measuring 12 ft. [feet] x 6ft. [feet] surrounded by
banks about 8 ft. [feet] thick on base. The exterior
about 1 ft. [foot] below the level around. This last
may occupy the top of a natural hillock. The
Glen of the Skelpick burn below this point
is one of the wildest and loneliest places
I have yet been in. The hills on either
side converge and their sides are thickly
studded with great white boulders between
which the heather grows tall & rank.
Walking is very difficult but rendered
a little easier by an occasional sheep track.
Being uncertain of my exact position I sought
the crest of the high bank on the W. [West] & found
myself exactly among the “tumuli” I was

[Margin] No. 18 O.S. [Ordnance Survey]

making for. They form a group of small
cairns of the usual circular sort and
among them I observed no hut circles or
other objects of interest. They lay along the
flat top of the moorland that slopes down
to Skelpick about 1/2 m. [mile] away. Here I met
Jocelyn who had spent the time in the
shelter of a small plantation. We took a
cursory look at the Skelpick broch which

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