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lined with stones and filled with ruins,
circular & having an interior of 7' and entering from the
SE. [South East].

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 26.

Returning up the valley we crossed the
Helmsdale at Suisgill and proceeded to
Cnoc Leiter nan Caile, a low hill about 1 m. [mile]
NW [North West] of Leirable. On its South slope is a
large group of small cairns of from
16' to 20' diameter and among them
one or two round hut circles of no particular
interest. Near the top of the hill and
towards the W. [West] of the group is an oval
depression measuring interiorly 6' x 4' with
the remains of a stone wall all round
lining the sides. The bottom is about 2' below
the surface on the exterior. The cairns
are very numerous. There is an absence
of old walls among them.
At the NE. [North East] end of the group is a circle
with a diameter of about 34' but the
details are indefinite.
This has been a magnificent day.
17th Sept. [September]. Probably from doing too much
yesterday I had an almost sleepless
night. Mr. Sykes accompanied me
in his motor to Allt-an-duin on the

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