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a cypher between the date 1678 - which is
probably the date of the erection of the house.
On the skew-put on the E. [East] end of the N. [North] gable
of the more modern house are cut the dates
1678 and 1750. In the wood to the E. [East] of
the house on the top of knoll about 70 yds [yards] E. [East] of
the gardener’s house are the remains apparently
of a cairn the chamber of which is referred to
in Pro. S. of A.S. [Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland] [Volume] 7 p. [page] 277.
The earth house between Tongue Ho. [House] and
Kirkiboll has long since disappeared.

31st May 1909. Set out before 10.0 for Tongue
Ferry, & Melness - Jocelyn armed with a
trowel to search for prehistoric pottery in
the shell heap on the other side. The shell
heap lies close to the grave yard. There
is a great deposit of oyster and other shells.

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 3.

The Broch below Melness Ho. [House] called Dun
Buidhe has entirely disappeared: the
stones which formed its wall lie in a
great heap at the foot of the field in which
it stood. Of the cattlefold on Ard Skinid

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 17

nothing of any importance remains (if ever
there was anything) and the tumuli above
Melness Ho. [House] are two cairns of about 14 ft. [feet]

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 12

dia. [diameter] some 150 ft. [feet] off the road.

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