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seems very complete directed my attention to
all the unnoted objects. I was greatly
struck with the display of roses at Suisgill Lodge
It has the most beautiful garden I have seen in
the North. At Kildonan Station I met Seligman
who was at "the Hall" my last year. He was going
to stay at Suisgill.
18th August. Drove up Strath Brora to Sciberscross
where I am to stay for a couple of nights.
On the farm of Sciberscross almost due S. [South] of
the summit of Cnoc an Liath-bhaid and about
1/2 m. [mile] N. [North] of the Brora just opposite the W. [West] end of

[Margin] Unnoted

the birch wood across the river between two
great earth fast boulders (the longest of which
is 15' in length) some 8' apart is exposed a
stone cist formed of four flat slabs. The cist
is 3'8" long, 2' wide and 1'10" deep. It
does not appear to have been covered with a
cairn.

[Margin] Unnoted

Some 40' S. [South] lies a circular cairn of some
15' diameter and 2' to 3' high formed of large
boulders. A number of others lie to the W. [West]
of it. Some 30 yds. [yards] SSW. [South South West] are the remains of
an oval enclosure measuring about 19' x 25'
The entrance seems to have been wide and
from the N. [North]. The bank on the W. [West] side has

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