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INVENTORY OF MONUMENTS, ETC., IN COUNTY OF CAITHNESS. [Page] 131

PARISH OF WATTEN.

the field appears to have been considerably reduced by the
removal of stones. The flat stones exposed about its surface show
it to be the remains of a broch. The O.S. map records that a stone
cist containing human remains and bronze ornaments was found
here in 1870.
O.S.M., CAITH., xix. ("Cairn"). Visited, 30th May 1910.

471. Broch, "Grey Cairn," Lynegar. - In a grass field about 1/4 m.
SSE. of Lynegar House, and some 100 yards N. of Loch Watten, is
a grassy mound which has been under cultivation. The diameter
of the mound is some 79', and its greatest elevation about 5'. From
the character of the stones exposed there is no doubt that this is a
broch.
O.S.M., CAITH., xviii. ("Mound"). Visited, 1st June 1910.

472. Broch, Gearsay. - Situated in an arable field some 250 yards
E. of Gersay farm, is a grass-covered mound surmounted by a small
modern cairn of flat stones. There are no stones visible on the
surface to indicate the character of the mound, but from those of
which the cairn is built it is presumably a broch. The extent is
quite indefinite : the greatest elevation some 6'. From the E. side -
a considerable amount of the mound has been removed.
O.S.M., CAITH., xix. ("Gearsay Cairn"). Visited, 1st June 1910.

473. Broch, Achingale. - On the top of the right bank of the
Strath Burn, just below the farm of Achingale, are the remains of
a mound, which was opened in 1841 and found to contain the ruins
of a broch. Only a small segment now exists : the rest has been
removed. The O.S. map notes the finding of a deer-horn comb and a
stone cist containing human remains.
See Antiquaries, ix. p. 183.
O.S.M., CAITH., xviii. Visited, 4th June 1910.

474. Broch, Spital. - To the ENE. of Spital quarries, and some 250
yards E. of Spital farm, in the centre of an arable field, is a grassy
mound evidently covering the ruins of a broch. It measures some
80' in diameter, and some 6' to 7' in elevation. The top shows a
depression about 34' in diameter and 4' to 5' in depth (O.S.
"Mound").

475. Broch, Knockglass. - About 150 yards to the ENE. of Knock-
glass farm-house, rising from an arable field, is a conical grass-covered
mound containing the ruins of a broch. It measures in diameter
some 120' from E. to W. and some 95' rom N. to S., and in elevation
some 12' to 13'. It has been broken into for a short distance on the
NE. (O.S. "Mound".)
O.S.M., CAITH., xviii. Visited, 16th June 1910.

HUT CIRCLES.

476. Hut Circles, Flex Hill. - At the N. end of Flex Hill, some 3/4 m.
S. of Strath farm-house, close to the wire fence which runs westward
across the moor from the Camster Road, is a group of hut circles.
The furthest up the slope of the hill, about 100 yards distant from