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dimensions and character are quite indefinite.
Of the cairn near the shore about 1/4 m. [mile] N. [North] by E. [East]
of East Murkle I could find no trace. If
it was in a field it no longer exists, if above
the cliff it is covered with rank grass and
stones gathered from the fields.

Broch Castlehill (17)
At the edge of a field just above the shore road
a short distance to the W. [West] of Castlehill quarries,
Castletown is a grassy mound which
appears to contain the ruins of a broch.
It has been pillaged to some extent from the
S. [South] side. The remaining portion has a diameter
of about 54' and an elevation of 7'.

Links of Greenland. (21)
On the W. [West] side of the road from Castletown
to Dunnet and about 1 1/4 m. [miles] S. [South] of Dunnet Church
are two small cairns close to one another
They measure some 32' in diameter and
from 5' to 6' in elevation. Neither appears
to have been excavated.

Mounds Links of Greenland. (19)
On the S. [South] side of a small burn which crosses
the links about 1 m. [mile] S. [South] of Dunnet Church
& about 1/6 m. [mile] E [East] of the road is a conical sandy mound. In diameter it
measures 33' and in elevation about 5'.
From the top two thin slabs protrude 5'.8"
apart inclining towards each other at an
angle of about 15° to 20° and some 6' & 9' res:

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