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7th June 1910.

[Margin] Cairn, Site of
O.S. [Ordnance Survey] Picts Ho. [House]
(no 32)

Bicycled to Ackergill. About 1/4 m. [mile] SW. [South West]
of Ackergill Tower are the scanty remains
of a large cairn. No feature of importance
or interest remains about it so thoroughly
has it been demolished.

[Margin] Kitchen Middens
Ackergill.
(unnoted)

Along the shore Northwards from Ackergill
Tower in the hollows among the bents
for about 3/4 m. [mile] are the remains of numerous kitchen
middens and foundations of several
dwellings both circular & rectangular.
One of the former measured 18' in diameter
over all and had a wall, the base of
which remained, 3' in thickness. Such
fragments of pottery as we picked up
were medioeval & parts of green glazed
vessels. Mrs Duff Dunbar has kindly
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Transcriber's notes

First paragraph scored through.