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some of the others in the district. Re:
:turning to Shurrery we loaded up with
one of the curious holed stones and had
a cold and tedious drive back to Thurso
which we reached about 8. o’clock.

12th Augt. [August] 1910.
A thoroughly wet day which gave me an
opportunity of writing up my journal.

13th Augt. [August] 1910. Broch Geise (10)
Off on bicycle at 10.0.
At the edge of a field beside the Geise burn
about 1/4 m. [mile] W. [West] by S. [South] of Geise is a mound
overgrown with grass. It appears to have
been a broch but it has been quarried
into at some time & the greater part of the
structure has been removed so that
there is now no definite indication of its character

Skinnet Chapel Sculptured Stone (unnoted)
Standing some 6’ out from the S. [South] wall of the
ruined church of Skinnet and towards the W. [West]
end of it, is an upright slab measuring
4’.11” in height above ground, 2’.9” in breadth
and 5” in thickness. On the W. [West] face are the
remains of an equal linked celtic cross.
Only the upper arm remains at all perfect,
the rest of the cross being almost effaced owing
to the flaking of the surface of the stone.
The arm expands upwards, is 1’ in length
and 1’.3 1/2” broad at its outer end. Its

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