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so delapidated and has been so pillaged for stones that
its dimensions are no longer obtainable. A single
large upright slab protruding through the turf
indicates its chambered character.
The weather has improved of late and we seem
destined to enjoy a fine September.

14th Sept. [September] 1910
Hired the car to do a big day's work
towards the East.
Left at 9.30 and made our first stop at St. John's
Loch.

Dunnet Par. [Parish]
St. John's Chapel
St. John's Loch S. [Site] (26)
The site of St. John Chapel is recognisable on a
grassy knoll of slight elevation at the E [East] end
of St. John' s Loch. The dimensions of the building
are not recoverable without excavation.
A respectable old man who owned the croft on
which the site is, told us most naïvely that
a few years ago he had removed a good
many of the stones of the chapel to build a
wall.

Greenvale Site.
On the farm of Greenvale to the SE. [South East] of the farm
house about 120 yds. [yards] E. [East] of the cross-roads & on
the S. [South] side of the road to Huna is the site of
some construction recognised by the upright
slabs coming in contact with the plough.
It has not been excavated and the character
of the ruin is unknown. A bone weaving

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