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at present and of course walk many miles
in addition. My journal is usually written from
9.0 - 10.30 or thereabouts, when we set out for the
day and seldom return before 6.0.
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These brochs are two mounds on the right of the road
leading from Shorelands farm to the shore. They are
both under cultivation. --
2nd July 1910.
A wet morning at Thuster but fine at Wick
so set out for Shorelands & Girnigoe. I could
find no trace of the Shorelands Moss Brochs
noted by Nicholson.
[Margin] St. Tear's chapel
Site.
About 1/4 m. [mile] N by E [North by East] of Shorelands Farm some 30
yds. [yards] back from the edge of the cliff by the shore
are clearly discernible the foundations of the
chapel of St. Tear. Within a bank which probably
marks the outer face of the walls the stones of
which have been removed the measurement is 40'
by 23'.
[Margin] Girnigoe &
Castle Sinclair
(7 & 8)
Supplement from
MacG & Ross.
Situated on the S. [South] side of Sinclair Bay, to the
W [West] of Noss Head and about 2 1/2 m. [miles] N [North] of Wick
are the remains of the Castle of Sinclair and
Girnigoe. A narrow rock rising to a height
of some 40' - 50' with precipitous flanks
projects for about 300' seaward.
On its W. [West] side is the ocean and on the E [East]
a deep narrow goe cuts it off from the
adjoining cliffs. Across the landward
end a deep trench has been broken through
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