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wind behind me. It has been a showery day.
4th Sept. [September]. Same unsettled weather. Writing up
notes all forenoon.
6th Sept. [September]. J. [Jocelyn] Miss Barrie [Drew] & Sandy all accompanied
me to Helmsdale to inspect the objects in the
glen of the Caen burn.

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 28.

About 3/4 m. [mile] above Helmsdale on the E [East] side
of the valley and at the N. [North] end of the cultivated
land are the remains of Carn Laggie.
The cairn has in great measure been
removed, and there now remains a long
low heap of small angular stones with
a bank of broken road metal at one end of it
The whole is about 180' in length by about
50' wide. The cairn lies almost due N and S. [North and South].
The dilapidation is so great that no proper
measurements are obtainable.
On the W. [West] side of the Caen burn about 500
yards above the road bridge are the remains
of a long cairn. The cairn is much dilapidated
but no chamber is exposed. It lies ENE [East North East] and
WSW. [West South West]. Measures about 100' in length some 35'
at the E [East] end and 27' at the W. [West]. Its condition
makes accurate measurement impossible.
About 1/2 m. [mile] up the Glen on its W [West] side and
about 250 yds. [yards] above the long cairn on a

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