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graveyard to the S. [South] of Mains of Ulbster is occupied
by a mausoleum of the Sinclairs of Ulbster.

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[Photograph inserted]

This structure measuring some 22' square
across the walls has a roof of an ogee outline
carried to a point which is surmounted by a
cone bearing a weather vane pierced with initials
I ? H. S (the central letter now imperfect) and the date 1700.
A flight of nine broad
steps leads up to the door of the mausoleum.
On the E [East] wall is a panel bearing an inscrip:
:tion now largely effaced.
. . . . WHO - DESIRES - AN . . . .
. . . . SIGHT - TO - SEE - COME - IN - BEH . . . .
. . . .THOU - ERE - LONG - MU . . . .

[Margin] Armorial Stone.

Within the farm house of Ulbster Mains is
an old fireplace in the centre of which is a
carved panel, bearing the following arms
Quarterly 1st & 4th - the Sinclair galley. 2nd & 3rd a
lion rampant. Over all a cross engrailed. In
the 4th quarter the letters IMS. Adjoining, a
small rectangular compartment is charged
with three boars' heads erased above the
letters I C.

7 July 1910
(See Vol 11)
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Moira L- Moderator, Debi Galbraith