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1'.9" in length.

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The outline of the mound
is very indefinite but the diameter appears
to be from 50' - 60'. This is probably a
chambered cairn. (? Rhind)

[Margin] Broch
"Grey Cairn".
Lynegar.
(18)

In a grass field about 1/4 m. [mile] SSE [South South East] of
Lynegar House and some 100 yds. [yards] N. [North] of
Loch Watten is a grassy mound which
has been under cultivation. The diameter
of the mound is some 79' and its greatest
elevation about 5'. From the character of
the stones exposed there is no doubt that
it is a broch.

[Margin] Lynegar
(mound)
(17)

In a grass park on the N. [North] side of the
road to Wick and some 500 yds. [yards] ENE [East North East] of
Lynegar House is a grass covered mound
with a diameter of 93' from N to S. [North to South] and
99' from E to W. [East to West] with an elevation of from
5' to 6'. There are no definite indications
on the surface of the character of the
construction but such stones as are visible
are suggestive rather of a cairn than a
broch.

[Margin] Stone Hone
(16)

A much disintegrated limestone boulder
in the middle of a field to the NE [North East] of farm
cottages about 1 m. [mile] ENE. [East North East] of Lynegar appears
to be the Stone Hone. Its position is wrongly
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