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a pin and lighting my candle made my first
entry into an earth house, In that lovely spot
without a human being within miles & the cliffs
of Ben Stomins towering up above it was somewhat
eerie. The passage I found to be about 3 ft. [feet]
wide and about 4’.6” to 4’.10” high when about 20 ft. [feet] from
the entrance & in all 42 ft. [feet] long. It is carefully built on the sides
and covered with flags overlapping each other.
It slopes sharply downwards. At 32 ft. [feet] the
width is reduced to 2 ft. [feet] by a
rebate on the right side thereafter it gradually
widens and curving round to the right ter:
:minates in a chamber about 6 ft. [feet] across
and 4’.4” high. The walls throughout are
in perfect condition. Returning down
the burn I found on some green hillocks
a short distance below its junction with the
Allt ach-nan Tot and about 300yds. [yards] W. [West] of
that stream three hut circles of the usual
type. Feeling very weary I made my
way to the shepherd’s cottage at Dalness
where I begged a glass of milk which was
readily given me and thereafter trudging on
to Borgie Bridge I remounted my bicycle
and arrived in Tongue whither Jocelyn had
proceeded me with the luggage, about 8.0.

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