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been excavated.

Mound Olrig Ho. [House] (11)
In the park to the E [East] of Olrig House and close
beside the pond is a large grassy mound.
It has been at one time under cultivation
and been much spread and now has a
diameter of about 120' and an elevation of
about 7'. It is probably a broch but no
part of the structure is visible.
The mound (no. [number] 15) indicated on the Hill of Olrig
seems to me to be natural and the hillock
"Sysa" (no. [number] 16) near Hilliclay undoubtedly is.
After returning to Thurso I sought out Mr.
John Anderson, an engineer at the flour
mill as I heard he was a collector. The
only antiquities he owned were the stone
and bronze axes sketched opposite page
60 and a small mould for making
luckenbooth brooches. The former articles
are of extreme interest as having both
come from the same cairn. They were
found by a friend of Mr. Anderson from
whom he received them. The bronze axe
is notched on both edges near the butt a
feature I have not seen before.

1st Sept. [September] 1910
Another wet morning. When it cleared
I hired a trap and returned to Dirlot

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