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which seem to converge at NE. [North East]. The elevation
of the centre suggests the existence of a
cairn while a depression seems to
indicate that it has been excavated.
The diameter of the main circle is
from 40' to 43' and the outer circle
seems to have been some 6' distant from it.
The exact character of this construction
is not quite clear owing to interference
due to the cultivation of the land in which
it stands. It has the appearance of a
large cairn with a setting of stones at
its base.

[Margin] Unnoted

In a cultivated field about 1/2 S. [South] of Inveran
Inn, and 100 yds. [yards] W. [West] of the high road is
a standing stone. It is 5'.5" in height above
ground, faces N. and S. [North and South] measuring 2'.6" across
at base and 1'.5" near the upper end, while
its thickness is 1'.4". It is quadrangular in
section. Some 4' to S. [South] of it and,
a
stone some 5' in length and 7" to 8" thick
protrudes in form of a hog-back to a height
of about 1 ft. [foot] from the ground.

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 2.

The castle of Duffus or Invershin situated
on the E. [East] side of the Kyle of Sutherland

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