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[Margin] Cairn
(45)

Fairy Hillock. From the marshy ground on the
right bank of the Wick river about 1 1/4 above Wick
there rises a natural hillock known as the
Fairy Hillock. Its general direction is E and W. [East and West]
and on the W. [West] and highest end there has been a
small cairn some 30' in diameter. It has been
excavated and one large slab measuring super:
:ficially some 4'.6" X 3' less exposed in the interior.

[Margin] Hempriggs House.

This house which lies some 2 1/2 m. [miles] to the
S. [South] of W. [Wick] is said to have been erected in 1692.
The original roof was blown off in a great gale in 1807
and it has been so altered and modernised
that it now presents no features of interest.
The lintel from the front door is preserved
at Ackergill and bears the legend: CERI -
MANI - MEMENTO - MANE. There also is the armorial
tablet which surmounted it. The coat may be
blazoned thus: A shield parte per pale.
Dexter. 1st and 4th A lion rampant for Dunbar
2nd and 3rd three cushions within a double tressure
for Randolph - on an inescutcheon the Nova
Scotia badge. of baronetcy - Sinister 1st and 4th
the Sinclair Galley. 2nd and 3rd a lion rampant
over all a cross engrailed. Supporters
a lion and a savage holding a club
above. a knights helmet with a sword
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