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try and get to it some Sunday afternoon.
Thence I took a bee line over the hill to the
Silver Craig. At the base of it at its E [East] end

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 12.

in a hollow near a number of small cairns
is a depression lying E and W. [East and West] about 4' deep
measuring 25' x 18' the sides of which appear
to have been roughly lined with stones.
This is the remains of the Weems of the O.S. [Ordnance Survey]
Map. It was the only depression I could
find though Dr. [Doctor] Joass gave me to understand
there were more. I revisited the
earth house at Kirkton, still in a filthy
state, and made my way thence by road
to the Mound.
17th August. Met the Rev. [Reverend] Mr. Scott (Helmsdale)
at Kildonan station.
On the E. [East] side of the road some 300 yards
S. [South] of Suisgill Lodge is a projecting rock which
bears the name of "Crois". On its SW. [South West] face
is said to have formerly existed a cross which
is now, however, entirely obliterated by the
action of the weather. Mr. Scott informed
me that Dr. [Doctor] Joass had authority for stating that
this was the N. [North] boundary of the
sanctuary of Kildonan.
In the birch wood on the W [West] bank of the

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