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been partially excavated about 15 years ago without any record being published and is now
in a ruined state. A large erect slab evidently forming the back of
the chamber is visible 20' inwards from the
edge. It entered by a passage from
the SSE [South South East], is said to have been circular and to
have yeilded no relics. Some 3 years previous
to the excavation there was discovered beneath
a large slab at the side of the passage a flat
bottomed urn, or beaker, measuring some 5"
in height, decorated in bands of chevron orna:
:ment separated by horizontal lines. This vessel
passed into the possession of Sir Frances Tress
Barry. (Information supplied to me by Mr. Alick
Murray, Land Steward, Stemster.) The base
of the cairn is marked by a setting of large
boulders from 2' to 4' in length placed on
edge at irregular intervals. This characteristic
though frequently coming under observation
in Sutherland has not hitherto been noted
in this county.

(Bower) Cairn Knock-dee Mill (7)
About 150 yds. [yards] SSW. [South South West] of Knockdee Mill is a
small cairn. It measures in diameter
some 33' and in elevation about 3'.6".
Three large slabs protruding through the turf
indicate its chambered character. A depression
in the centre suggests that it has been par:
:tially excavated.
Called at Stemster and was shown the

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