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buildings. Some 20' down the cliff at its
N. [North] end is a ledge on which there is a depression
but there is no sign of any passage connected
with it. The position in early times
must have been quite unassailable.
I was glad when I got safely back over
the hog-back keeping my eyes firmly fixed
on the narrow path before me, a false step
on which would have ended my career.
It is said to be called "Dornie Buidhe".

[Margin] Unnoted

On the left bank of the Strathy river
about 80 yds. [yards] S. [South] of the road bridge and near
the top of the bank a slight excavation
marks the site of the entrance to an
earth-house discovered a few years ago.
No signs of building are visible. It does
not appear to have been thoroughly explored.

[Margin] Unnoted

29th Sept. [September]. A little more than a mile
SSE. [South South East] of Bighouse Lodge on the E [East] side of the
Thurso road is a hut circle

[Sketch inserted]

The enclosing bank which is about
3' in height has been largely
formed of stone. The interior
diameter is 32'. The entrance
has been from the SE. [South East]
through a passage 10' in

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