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[Opposite - Sketch and text inserted] Memo. See in field Note Book No. 2 under this date
for note of remains of chambered cairn
between the road & the cliffs at Knockinnan
Castle.


of the broch near the top seems at one time to
have been removed.

Roadside Farm Mid Clyth
At the farm of Roadside, Mid Clyth, oc:
:cupied by Mr. George Sinclair is a cross
bearing slab. It was found many years
ago built into a stone dyke and has been
used as a cover on the top of the wall
around the well containing the machinery
of the horse mill at the back of the house.
On its upper face is rudely carved or picked
out a small cross. The slab measures 3'.5" in
length by 1'.11" in breadth & 5" in thickness.
The cross is 1'.5" in extreme length & 1'.2"
broad across the centre. The arms are
6" long & terminate in round discs
2 1/2" in diameter, and the latteral arms
are slightly inclined upwards. The
stem is 9" long.

18th July 1910.
Bicycled with J. [Jocelyn] to Houstry of Dunbeath
a long journey over a hilly road.

Cor Tulloch Houstry (80)
On the croft of Tigh Cor some 300 yds. [yards] S. [South] of
Mealbuidhe is a remarkable construction
named on the OS. [Ordnance Survey] map "Cor Tulloch".
Without careful excavation its exact
plan is difficult to expiscate but it
appears to have been a primitive habitation.

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