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of the group measures some 17' in diameter.
Adjacent, around a slight knoll run the
ruins of an old enclosing fence the stones
of which are very small and which shows
within the foundations of an oblong structure
The elevation of the group is also about 800'.
Such a situation as this was no doubt
admirable for goats but i can hardly
imagine it was sheep or cattle pasture.
About 1/4 m. [mile] to the NE. [North East] is another large
group of at least a dozen small cairns in which the stones are much
exposed. Measuring in diameter about
16' and in elevation not above 2'.
I flushed two broods of young grouse
today both able to fly & taking readily
to the wing.

1st June 1912.
Hardly had I started to write up my journal,
with a view to visiting some objects near at hand
in the afternoon, when the architects arrived in
their car from Thornhill. I was glad to be in as
I had a good many instructions to give and in:
:formation to get.
In the afternoon we all went to Loch Urr to ex:
:amine the so-called remains of a castle on
an island near the E. [East] side

Rough Island Loch Urr.
About half way along the E. [East] shore of Loch
Urr and about [--] yds. [yards] out from it is a

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