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around this central figure but are neither
parallel nor continuous. Mr. Pilkington is to
find out for me where the stone came from.

Cairn Sandside (13)
On the left bank of the [--] Burn about
100 yds. [yards] above its mouth is a high sandy
mound on the summit of which there appears
to be a cairn. The whole is overgrown with
bents but the diameter of the cairn appears
to be about 55' and its elevation 11' or 12'.
It does not appear to have been excavated.

Market Cross Reay. (72)
On the S. [South] of the road in the hamlet of Reay
there stands a rude cross the upper arm of
which is awanting. In height it measures
4'.3" above ground, & in width across the arms
1'.11". The shaft which is cylindrical measures
2'.9 1/2" in circumference. The arms are 9" in
breadth at the intersection and diminish to
6" at their extremities.

30th Augt. [August] 1910.
A most unpromising morning so
hired a car and went to Nybster to examine
the pottery from the Keiss brochs stored in
John Nicolson's barn. S. [Sandy] came with me. For
hours we stood bending over an improvised table
passing shards of the coarsest pottery through
our hands. As the pots lay in boxes crawling
with maggots of some sort the task was

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