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Chambered Cairn 1 1/4 M. [Miles] N.W. [North West] of Bilbster Ho. [House] --

:ference two slabs 2' & 2'. 8" in breadth stand
in line 1'. 10" apart and in rear of one of them
are two other similar stones set parallel each
4' apart. The third stone from the circumference
is 18'. 6' from the S. [South] end of the E [East] slab of the
chamber. If these stones have been in the
walls of the entrance passage it must have
approached the existing or partially existing
chamber at an angle. The
remains of the chamber are, however, too fragmentary
for accurate definition of its original form.

[Margin] Standing Stone.
North Bilbster
(40)

In a grass park about 150 yds. [yards] W. [West] of North
Bilbster farm buildings on a slope which
reaches from the higher ground to the haugh
by the Wick river is a granite boulder standing
to a height of 8'.6" above ground. Its greatest
girth some 3' above the ground is 17'. 8" and
its thickness about 4'. 8". It is pointed towards
the upper extremity.

[Margin] unnoted

About 120 yds. [yards] to the SSW. [South South West] of North Bilbster
farm buildings on the W. [West] end of a morraine
which runs parallel with the river are several
erect slabs protruding from the turf and
another lying displaced on the slope.

[Margin] Doubtful
?

The latter measures 6' in length by 3' in width
& 5" in thickness. This is probably the remains
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