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in a circle of 1'.7" diameter
reducing the thickness to 2".

[Sketch inserted]

Neither face of the stone
is worn regularly smooth by friction but
there are depressions across the line of its
revolution. The keeper at Griamacharry
told me of two other such stones unbroken
which originally lay near the "green spring"
below the wall, one of these he had
rolled down to the base of the hill.
There is no spring of water visible in
the fort but several on the hill side
just below it. The idea that this
formidable construction was for the
capture of deer is quite ridiculous.
About 2/3 of the way back between the
summit and Griamacharry is a
group of small cairns running along
the slope at about the 700' elevation and
I observed the indistinct remains of
an enclosure. Saw two large herds of deer & an eagle.
The latter nests in the mountain as we picked up portions of egg shells.
Returned to Brora.
Sunday 19 Sept. [September]. Engaged the greater part of
the day writing notes as I have no time
to spare to finish before 10th Oct. [October]. I feel
much the better for my week's rest and
not the least pulled down by my illness.

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