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9: June 1910.

[Margin] Watten Par. [Parish]
Standing Stone
(15).

Writing up notes all morning. In
the afternoon bicycled to Loch Watten.
In a field to the W. [West] of Greystones some 40 yds [yards] N. [North] of
the high road is a single standing stone. It is a
pointed boulder 4'.9" in height above ground, roughly
quadrangular, measuring 3' x 2'-2".

10: June 1910.
Bicycled to Wick in the forenoon. Called on
Mr Leith regarding the uprooting of the stone
rows in the Battle Moss & suggested that the
Trustees of the Thrumster Estate might place
the monument in charge of the Office of Works.
Called on Baillie Simpson but did not find him
in. Found Mr Gunn schoolmaster at home
and got information from him regarding
the long cairns at Loch of Yarrows. He tells
me there are three all together and has
arranged to meet me at Thrumster on Monday.
Sir John Sinclair having bidden us all to lunch,
we hired a motor and went to Barrock, where
he had asked a number of people to meet me.
Above the door at Barrock is a coat of arms
brought from Keiss Castle. We visited the
broch excavated by Sir Francis Barry and
a construction in a moss which seems
undoubtedly defensive.
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