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that it is a chambered cairn. It is stony
all over beneath the turf.

[Margin] Humster broch
(12)

Returning through Wick we bicycled down
the Lybster Road to Humster. About 1 3/4 m. [miles]
S. [South] of Wick and some 300 yds. [yards] N. [North] of Northfield
farm house is a grassy mound fenced
off from the surrounding arable land.
A cairn of flat stones on the top has evidently
been gathered off it and it appears to be the
site of a broch though no sign of the
structure is visible. The mound has at
one time been ploughed over. It has a diameter
of some 96' and an elevation of about 5'.
On the W. [West] there are signs of a surrounding
ditch some 40' in width as the mound is
sharply scarped in that direction and for
a short distance a counterscarp remains.
We returned about 4.30 rather tired
with the glare & heat of the sun.

25th. May 1910.
A glorious morning. Bicycled to Watten
& called on Mr Nicolson, Sir Ralph Anstruther's
factor. Thereafter proceeded to Old Hall of
Dunn.

[Margin] Watten Par [Parish]
Old Church
(1)

About 1/4 S. by W. [South by West] of Old Hall farm house within
a graveyard are the ruins of an old
church. It measures interiorly 48' x 18'
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