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28 May. Packed & settled up & left Bettyhill on
bicycle for Achnabourin & Acharagaraidh. The
earth house at the first place is no longer accessible.
I was referred to the shepherd, James Mackay who
had been over 20 years on the ground, he in turn
referred me to another individual with antiquarian
leanings. This man working in a piece of marshy
land about 1/4 N. [North] of the farm house pointed out
to me an area of about 40 ft. [feet] dia. [diameter] in the centre
which he described as a “druids’ temple” and
said there was a paved way out to it from the
edge of the wood to the N.E. [North East]. The place had
been in the centre of a swamp and there were
signs of some construction but what, it was
impossible to say. About 150 yds [yards] E. [East] of the
road near the centre of the birch wood between
it and the river are the remains of a small
circular building about 10 ft. [feet] in diameter
with rude stone walling. To the S. [South] a few feet
distant is a small round cairn and in
front, where beneath the broken surface
many large stones are visible, is said to have
formerly existed an opening underground
18” to 2’ sq. [square]. Has this been a chambered cairn?
About 100 yds. [yards] W. [West] of the road on the summit
of a grassy knoll two boulders probably

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