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offered to place two workmen at our disposal
on Saturday to excavate this site.

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* Another shafted arrow head found at the
same time is in the possession of Mr Henderson
chemist, Fyvie, Aberdeenshire.

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Drawn from memory. --

We
lunched at Ackergill and saw Mrs D-Dunbar's
beautiful collection of flint arrowheads, mostly
from Aberdeenshire. She is the fortunate
possessor of one leaf-shaped arrow head
found at Fyvie which still retains on it
a small portion of the shaft and the ligature
which bound it.* She also showed us a
beautiful Roman glass bottle found in
cutting the track for the Highland Railway,
along with a number of beads, which have
got scattered. The bottle was sold to her by
Syme the naturalist & Antiquary in
Aberdeen, who said he was present when it
was dug up. It is a conical vessel with
a long neck and handle, with diagonal
flutings on the body. She has also
the almost complete remains of three
cinerary urns said to have been found
in low cairns in the vicinity of hut circles
in Aberdeenshire about the Year 1869. An
account of the find she says is in the Proceedings.

[Margin] Ackergill Tower
(5)

Ackergill Tower stands on the coast
some 2 1/2 m. [miles] N. [North] of Wick. The keep
has been considerably altered by the
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