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Helmsdale opposite Suisgill and about 350
yds [yards] W [West] of the Lodge is a mound overgrown

[Margin] Unnoted.

with heather and grass which is probably
a cairn. It is 58' to 60' in diameter and
from 8' to 9' high.
On the summit of Learable hill a little more
than ½ m [mile] W. [West] of Suisgill Lodge, is standing
stone 5'2" high, 2'8" broad and 9½" thick. It stands
facing E and W. [East and West] and on its W. [West] face near the upper end is incised,
or grooved, a plain Latin Cross. 6 3/4" long
by 5" across the arms, the grooves about 1" across

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 7.

Crossing the hill are numerous lines of
stones set in parallel rows, for the most part
with their broad faces in the line of the direction
of the rows. The stones are from 1' to 2' in
height above the ground and are mostly angular
slabs of schistose rock. To the S. [South] of the standing
stone are lines running in a S [South] Easterly direction
while on the N. [North] are several lines well defined from 4' to 5'
apart set E and W. [East and West]. The stones in the lines
appear to be from 6' to 7' apart. Many small
cairns lie around and in several instances
are laid across the lines breaking their
continuity but not forming bases from which
the lines radiate.
Some 15' N. [North] of the standing stone is a

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  Transcribers who have contributed to this page.

Alison James- Moderator, Jane F Jamieson