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about 3' in thickness.

Foundations Stemster.
Immediately in front of the Dovecot at Stemster
there have recently been discovered the foundations
of a building. The plan is rectangular meas:
:uring some 72' in length by 28' in breadth over all.
The main axis is WNW [West North West] and ESE [East South East].
There has been an entrance through the WNW. [West North West]
wall at its W. [West] end and other two entrances within
four feet of each other through the ENE [East North East] wall.
There is said to be a chamber 20' x 14' against
the WNW [West North West] wall. The suggestion that this

[Margin] Omit.

is the foundation of a chapel is not borne
out by any detail of the plan nor by the
orientation of the building. Without com:
:plete excavation of the interior it is not
possible to come to a conclusion as to its
real character. The outside of the wall
shows the remains of lime pointing or harling!

Shian Cairn. Stemster (4)
At Stemster about 1 1/4 m. [miles] to the NNW [North North West] of Stemster
House is the "Shian" or "Sithean" a chambered
cairn excavated in 1904 by Sir Frances Tress
Barry. The following details are derived
from MS. [Manuscripts] reports which along with plans
are in the possession of the
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. The
diameter of the cairn was 40' and its eleva:
:tion 12'. In the centre was found a square chamber

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