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to be the graves of warriors who fell in
a great battle with the Danes. So much
for tradition! My attention was first
attracted to this class of ruin by the remains
on the S. [South] side of the Cnoc a' Chatha, Lairg
I observed no other group of them till I reached
Kinbrace where cairns with similar features
lie on the hill side to the S.E. [South East] of the railway
station. Here and there odd specimens
have attracted my attention as on the
Ord at Lairg, to the N [North] of the __ burn
near Sciberscross and on the Cnoc Leiter
nan Caile near Suisgill. The stones of
which they are composed are boulders
and not flat slabs. At Dalhalvaig
there is a group of four ruins connected,
except towards the W. [West], by walls, the
foundations of which alone remain, each
28' in length and about 3' in thickness
and forming an incomplete circle the
two cairns opposite towards the
W. [West] being unconnected to each other, and
42' apart. The diameter of the enclosure
from E to W. [East to West] being also 42'. The ruins
measure from 18' to 22' in diameter.
(See illusn. [illustration]). Near this group is

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