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Cnoc an Taillir (20)
I could find no trace of this "Picts House"
near the position marked on the map nor
did my guide know of any other cairn in the
locality

Cairn Stemster (Unnoted)
About 1/3 m. [mile] SSW. [South South West] of Sinclair's Sithean on
the moor is a low cairn. It has a diameter
of 32' and an elevation of about 3'.

Ha' of Duran Broch (4)
Some 300 yds [yards] WNW. [West North West] of Ha' of Duran at the
edge of a burn is a grassy mound which
evidently marks the site of a broch. No
part of the tower is visible and the ruin
is probably covered with the foundations of
secondary buildings The elevation of the
mound is inconsiderable.
Lunched at Stemster where I met J. [Jocelyn] who
bicycled home with me by Ha' of Duran &c.

10 Sept. [September]
Another wet morning - wrote up notes &c.

12 Sept. [September]
Drove to Achreamie to assist in survey
of Stone Rows on Upper Dounreay farm.
With the assistance of a workman we un:
:covered the tops of a number of stones
sunk beneath the turf. The square setting
of stones at the N. [North] end is evidently part of
the original monument as the four
stones of which it is formed are firmly
wedged into the ground. We dug out the

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