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location I hailed a man from the island who
brought over his boat & questioned him. He had
been about it fishing for 20 years but had never seen
or heard of anything of the kind . With no further
information a search was hopeless so I did not
make a voyage.

Manor Castle Site of.
The site of this castle about which nothing
appears to be known is on a grassy plateau
or terrace with high ground above and the
shore rocks below on the S. [South] point of Ross Bay .
Mr. Coles gives a plan and sections of the
deep trench which bounds the site on the W. [West]
and of the indications of structures on the
plateau itself.

Slack Heugh
The O.S. [Ordnance Survey], following Coles, marks a fort on the
very edge of the Slack Heugh a precipitous cliff
with an altitude of 150' on the Southern face
of Meikle Ross promontory. The lines on the
surface running parallel with the cliff edge
have a certain semblance to artificial structures,
they are, however, only protruding strata. The
situation on the edge of such a cliff with high
ground overlooking it immediately in it rear of it
would render it quite unsuitable for either
domestic occupation or a fort.