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circle entering from the SE. [South East] measuring 26' x 29'6"
and showing indications of subdivision in
the interior. About half a dozen small
cairns lie near.
Near the W. [West] end of Loch Migdale is a hut circle.
Circular with interior diameter of about 28': entrance
from SE. [South East] about 3' across: bank about 6' across
and 8'.6" at entrance. An excavated small
cairn lies in rear of it.
At the W. [West] end of Loch Migdale some 60 yds. [yards] from
the shore is an islet which appears to be artificial
formed of boulders laid on a subaqueous ridge of clay & about 63' in diameter. It
is shallow towards the land at the W. [West] but deep on the other sides.
It is said to have been occupied in 1630 (See Sir
Robert Gordon).
To the S. [South] of Culnara Croft, between it and the loch
is a hut circle much worn down which appears
to have been of the ordinary type.
To the W. [West] of the Millers' house on the N. [North] bank
of Loch Migdale are a number of small cairns
and grave mounds similar to those in Swordale
Wood. We visited a knoll to the
E [East] of the Free church - betwixt it and the Mill
dam where Mr. Mackenzie drew my attention
to numerous graves and tumuli but I could
not be satisfied that the majority of them
were not natural, at any rate they are of small

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