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to be two of about 12 cup marks each. About 10 ft [feet] E [East]
is a smaller stone about 6 ft. [feet] long and 4 ft. [feet] high.
On its N.W. [North West] face are about 26 small cup markings
and indefinite traces of more. The Southern face
is scored with deep lines crossing each other but in
no evident design. The extreme E. [East] end of the stone
is slightly concave and in its centre is an
oval boss or projection measuring about 8” x 5”
and 1 1/2“ deep, slightly undercut. Walking on
to Skerray we interviewed Mr. Telford the farmer

Tongue
of Skerry Mains and learned that the mouth
or entrance to the Earth house under his dwelling
is about 15 ft [feet] distant from the N.E. [North East] window. He
exposed it in April this (? last) year. The Lintel is
about 3 ft. [feet] across. It is entirely covered over again.
A short distance E [East] of the graveyard is a clay
mound about 25 ft. [feet] high. being excavated on its
N. [North] face. On the top of this is the Dun of Torrisdale.
Its outline and character are indiscernible but
the top of the mound is covered with debris
for the most part overgrown with grass. From
the size it is probably the scanty remains of a
broch. Returning to Mr. Morrisons I was
most hospitably entertained to tea & for the
first time tasted crowdy, a sort of fresh skim
-milk cheese, of which I have often heard. Miss

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