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I believe to be a horned cairn.

26th May 1909. A stormy wet morning so wrote
notes &c. About 11.30 it began to clear so we set out.
I went off to Torrisdale over Invernaver Bridge
& then taking the track across the Sandy plateau
on the W. [West] bank of the river and up over the cliffs
beside the sandy dun. It was a boisterous walk
and in the sandy region quite painful as the
wind drove the sand into my face with the
force of a gale & stung like whips. The pass over
to Torrisdale is very picturesque & is sheltered
to the S.W. [South West] by the high rocks. At Torrisdale

Tongue Par. [Parish]
I sought out the home of Dr. [Doctor] Hew Morrison and
was most kindly received. Miss Morrison took
me in hand to direct my steps. We first visited
the two cup-marked boulders. These are
situated on the rocky moorland about 3/4 m. [mile] S.W. [South West]
of Torrisdale adjacent to the track that leads to
Loch [--] The largest boulder that situ:
:ated furthest W. [West] is about 8 ft. [feet] high & 14 ft. [feet] in length.
On its S. [South] face chiefly on the flat and less abrupt
faces of the stone are groups of cup marks
of 2 to 3 ins. [inches] in diameter, the deepest about
1 1/2 ins. [inches] and a number of them now almost
worn out. The extent of the groups did not
appear to me very definite, though there seemed

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