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outside a pillar roughly & perhaps naturally rounded stands about
2’ above ground. I could find no artificial
markings on it as far as exposed. In the
graveyard of St. Trostans I observed two similar
stones laid horizontally but this had probably
been done during some recent levelling of the
graveyard. There are very few old stones
in these churchyards bearing the emblems
so familiar in the South country gravestones.
In the low lying ground some 3/4 m. [mile] NE [North East] of
Skinnet farm house, and about 200 yds. [yards] W. [West] of
the Thurso River is a circular enclosure.
Over all it measures some 48’ by 53’ with the
longest axis NE [North East] and SW. [South West]. There is a hollow
towards the SW. [South West] which may mark the
position of the entrance but the surface
is entirely covered with thick turf and details
of the interior plan are quite obscure.

Scrabster Broch (6)
On the summit of an eminence in a
grass park about 1/2 m. [mile] NW [North West] of Scrabster
House are the remains of a broch of slight
elevation and overgrown with turf. The
diameter seems to be about 54’ but no
part of the structure is visible.

Bishop’s Castle (S) [Site] 5.
On a low promontory rock rising from
the shore about 1/2 m. [mile] to the W. [West] of Thurso

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