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[Page] 88 -- HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (SCOTLAND) COMMISSION.

PARISH OF OLRIG.

which probably contains a broch. The mound is under cultivation
and no sign of structure is visible. The diameter over all is some
96' and the elevation about 6'.
323. Broch (supposed), Olrig House. - In the park to the E. of
Olrig House, and close beside the pond, is a large grassy mound. It
has been much spread through being at one time under cultivation,
and now has a diameter of about 120' with an elevation of about 7'.
It is probably a broch, but no part of the structure is visible.
O.S.M., CAITH., vi. Visited, 31st August 1910.

SEPULCHRAL CONSTRUCTIONS.

324. Chambered Cairn (long), Cooper's Hill. - On the top of a ridge
known as Cooper's Hill, and about 1/2 m. SE. of the cottages at Loch-
side, are the remains of a long cairn lying with its major axis NW.
and SE. The prominent end of the cairn has been towards the SE.
The extreme length along the mesial line is 220', but the construction
has been dilapidated and spread owing to the cultivation of the land
to such an extent that other dimensions are now indefinite.
O.S.M., CAITH., xii. (unnoted). Visited, 19th September 1910.

325. Cairn, "Trothanmas Hillock," Netherside. - Some 200 yards
S. by W. of Hayfield farm, beside the steading of Netherside, is a
grassy hillock. It measures some 70' in diameter and 5' in elevation.
About fifty years ago a stone cist was accidentally discovered in it
and was immediately covered up again without any detailed observa-
tions being made.
O.S.M., CAITH., vi. Visited, 31st August 1910.

326. Cairn, "Ring Hillock," Hill of Whitefield. - At the edge of
a grass park on the W. side of the road, some 300 yards N. of Birkle
Hill Quarry, and on the estate of Olrig, is a small cairn. It measures
some 38' in diameter and some 5' 6" in elevation, and does not appear
to have been excavated.
O.S.M., CAITH., xii. ("Mound"). Visited, 31st August 1910.

MISCELLANEOUS.

327. Mound, "Methow Hillock." - About 1/2 m. NE. of West Murkle
farm, and about 100 yards back from the edge of the cliffs, is a large
grassy mound known as the "Methow Hillock." It has an elevation
of 10' or 11' and a diameter of 120', but it has been under cultivation
and ploughed down to some extent. Beyond being artificial its
character is indefinite.
O.S.M., CAITH., vi. Visited, 20th August 1910.

328. Mound, East Murkle. - Some 200 yards NW. of East Murkle
farm, in the middle of a field, is a low stony mound overgrown with
grass. It has long been under cultivation and its dimensions and
character are quite indefinite.
It is stated on the O.S. map that at this spot were found a stone
cist, querns, and human remains.
O.S.M., CAITH., vi. ("Cairn"). Visited, 23rd August 1910.