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24th May 1910
A lovely day - the first summer day
we have had this year. My rule this year
is to write up my notes immediately after
breakfast and set out for the day about 11.0.
Accompanied by J. we started in the direction of
Wick.

[Margin] Hill of Stemster
(Unnoted)

On the Hill of Stemster about 1 1/2 m. [miles] to the
W. [West] of Wick and some 300 yds. [yards] S.S.E. [South South East] of
Stemster farm house at the upper end of a
cultivated field is a grassy mound which
has at one time been ploughed over but is
now fenced off as uncultivable. A number
of flat stones lying about the surface suggest
that it covers the ruins of a broch. The
mound, which is much spread, has a dia:
:meter of about 110' and an elevation of 3' - 4'.
Bicycling onwards through Wick we saw
the unloading of great numbers of steam
drifters and fishing boats all laden with
herrings and watching the women cleaning
and packing the fish with marvellous speed.
Wick is a busy but unsavoury place!

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[Photograph inserted] Castle of Old Wick

[Margin] Castle of Old Wick
(41)

A little over a mile S. [South] of the town of Wick
on the top of the cliffs stands the castle of
Old Wick. It occupies a remarkable situ:
:ation near the landward end of a narrow
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