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breadth of the stem is 4". The upper arm
is pointed symmetrically and the side
arms obliquely. An indecipherable in:
:scription runs round the upper edge of the slab.
(This cross is similar to those noted in
Berwickshire.)
As I rode on my bicycle through the
Swordale wood on my way to Creich
Church I observed a small flock of Cross-
-bills, as I believe them to be, hard at work
on the larch trees, hanging underneath the
branches and nipping off the cones.
5th October. To visit the great standing
stone so frequently described to me by
Mr. Donald Mackenzie I hired the hotel
motor and with J. [Jocelyn] set off on a long
journey to Oykell Inn. As the position
of the stone was marked in pencil on
my map I made my way straight to it,
up a steep hill side and over a wet
moor but could find not the slightest
trace of a standing stone. I walked a
mile or two in different directions and
scanned the country with my field glasses
but could discern nothing resembling it.
Nor could I get any satisfaction from

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