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flint javelin head and circular stone ring
sketched opposite page 68.

8th Sept. [September] 1910.
Another beautiful day. I attempted to hire a
car but found them both engaged. Bicycled
to Broubster.

(Reay) Mound.
"Torr na Craoibhe" Brabster (37)
At the back of the shepherd's house at Bridge of
Broubster is a large flat topped grassy mound
of artificial character. It measures over all
about 130' in diameter and 6' - 8' in elevation.
Around the sides the foundations of old cot:
:tages are visible but there is nothing to in:
:dicate the nature of the original construction.

(no. 36)
On the W. [West] side of the road about 1/2 m. [mile] N. [North] of
the bridge of Broubster is a pear shaped en:
:closure. All around are the tuins of
old crofts and I could not be certain of
the character of this construction. Its omission
is immaterial.

Mound "Torr an T' Sniomha" (35)
In the Leans of Achreregan, on the E. [East] side of the road
to Shurrery and about 3/4 m. [mile] N. [North] of Brubster
Bridge is a grassy cairn like mound
known as "Torr an T' Sniomha." It has
a diameter of about 50' and an elevation
of about 6'. It has been much dug into
from the S. [South]. There are no slabs visible to
indicate its character and (possibly) it has

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