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on lowlying marshy ground are a number

[Margin] Unnoted.

of standing stones which have formed the
sides of a chamber in a circular cairn.
The cairn has been entirely removed but
its outline is distinctly visible and it has
had a diameter of about 40 ft. [feet]. The chamber
has been bipartite, the inner portion being
10’.4” long from N. to S. [North to South] by 8’.9” wide & polygonal.
It is divided from the outer portion by two slabs
set on edge 1’.6” thick. 3’ and 2’.4” long and
about 2 ft. [feet] 7” apart the stone on the E [East] not
exactly opposite the other. Of the outer division
only 3 stones remain, two at entrance and
one on the W. [West] side. It has been about 4’ long and
about 5’.10” wide. The entrance has been from
the S. [South] where the two outer stones of the passage
apparently remain in situ 2 ft. [feet] apart and
9’ distant from the chamber. Of the inner
portion of the chamber 7 stones remain in
position, the highest of which above ground level is 3’.8” high,
2’.9” across at greatest breadth and 13” thick.
The soil in which they are set is peaty.
It is a beautiful drive to Scourie past a
number of lochs & I reached there about 12.0.
Luncheon over as soon as the tide
permitted which was not till after 3.30

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