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The whole structure is said to have showed evidence of having
been affected by fire. The wall was about 2'.6"
in thickness and remaining to a height of about
3'. In the interior there was found a thin flat
sandstone slab measuring about 17" in length, 7 1/2"
in breadth and 2" in thickness perforated at one
end with a hole drilled from both sides. There
was also discovered a human jaw partially con:
:sumed by fire and two other human bones.
The structure was filled up after examination.
From the signs of fire and the presence of
human bones John Nicolson has called this
place a cremation kiln. The evidence is
hardly conclusive.

31st Augt. [August] 1910.
Another dull morning. Roads quite un:
:fit for bicycling so hired a trap to visit the
Olrig district

(Olrig) Broch Sibmister (3)
Immediately to the N. of Sibmister Farm is
a high grassy hillock on the top of which
there are evidently the remains of a broch.
The scarp of the hillock which is steep
rises to a height of about 18' on the W. [West] and
somewhat less on the other sides. Towards
the top of it the face of a wall is exposed.
Some 20' to 30' back from the top of the
scarp the broch has been situated. The

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