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28th Augt. [August]. Returned from Salzcraggie & wrote up
notes all day.
29th Augt. [August]. Sunday. Bicycled to Cambusmore
Lodge & met Mr. Duckworth
30th Augt. [August]. A hopeless wet day. Wrote up notes
31st Augt. [August]. Very stormy. Took S. [Sandy] with me to Loth.
Up the valley about 1 3/4 m. [miles] above the road

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 3.

bridge and on the top of a bank where the Glen
Sletdale burn flows into the Loth are two standing
stones. They stand in alignment 21' apart
facing about 30º E. of N. [East of North]. The Eastmost stone
is a flat slab 4'.11" high - 3'.6" across the base
and 5" thick. The other stone is square in
section 4'.8" high 1'.6" across the front x 1'.2"
across the side. On the slope of the bank
to the SE [South East] lie two or three other flat slabs which
may have formed part of the monument.
This is known as Carradh nan Clach.

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

The site of the hunting house is visible
but nothing remains but indefinite foundations.

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

Clach Mhic Mhios. Situated on a slight
eminence in the moor at an altitude of
about 800' and about 3 miles from Loth Bridge
is a high standing stone of red sandstone.
It is 11' high - 4'.11" broad at broadest about
7' from ground, 2'.9" at base and 1'.3" thick.
It faces ESE and WNW. [East South East and West North West]. The O.S. [Ordnance Survey] marks

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