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Believing these to be the upper group marked on
my map, I hurried down the steep hill side to find
out my mistake when I reached the bottom. Luckily
a shepherd with his dogs, puzzled at my movements
had sat down to take stock of me, so I directed my
steps towards him and passed the time of day.
Fortunately the higher level of the hill was in his
herding and he knew two good cairns in place
of the one "tumulus" marked by the O.S. [Ordnance Survey]. With
the offer of a shilling for his trouble he readily
undertook to obtain the measurements I required
with a tape-line on the morrow and to post
them to me. They reached me next day.

Cairns Nether Dod.
On the Southern end of the long grassy
hill which lies to the E. [East] of Mitchellslacks and
bears the name of Nether Dod, at an elevation
of some 950' over sea level are two cairns
situated within 150 yds. [yards] of each other, the
one measures 39' in diameter and 4' in eleva:
:tion. while the other measures 30' in diameter
and 4 1/2' in elevation. (These particulars sup:
:plied by Mr. [--] Shepherd, Mitchellslacks.)
Long before I got back to my bicycle the rain
had begun to fall, and as we pursued our
10 or 11 miles homeward it grew heavier and
heavier until the roads were flowing with

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