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[Opposite page - text inserted] This John Sinclair & his wife are evidently the
couple commemorated on the heraldic stone
above the mantlepiece at Ulbster

Heir lyis Ane Honorabil Woman Jean Chisholm
spouse to Johne Sinclair of Ulbster wha
departed yis lyif te 23 November 1614. Beneath
the shields runs the following : Decipimur votis
et tempore fallimur et mors deridet curas
anxia vita nihil. with a skull and
single bone surmounted with the memento mori
legend. Adjoining this stone is a similar
memorial to another member of the Ulbster
family now, however, illegible.
Arrived at Lybster about 5.30. I was
sorry to part with my assistant Alec
MacIvor who had become most useful
& showed intelligence & interest in the work.

13 July 1910. Portland Arms. Lybster.
An old-fashioned coaching
-inn facing the road, which seems clean
& comfortable. I have secured another
assistant. An uncouth youth with
neither intelligence or manners!
Bicycled to Ulbster & walked past Wattenan
to Broughwhin.

Cairn (65) & Stone Rows. (Unnoted)
On the top of a low ridge some 80 yds. [yards]
E. [East] of the N. [North] end of Broughwhin Loch are the
remains of a cairn much dilapidated and
overgrown with heather. Running from
it towards the S. [South] has been a setting

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