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[Page] 132 HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (SCOTLAND) COMMISSION.

PARISH OF WATTEN.

the road, is circular, measuring some 20' in diameter interiorly. The
bank is now quite low, and its breadth too indefinite for measurement.
The floor has been dug out so that its level is 3' below that of te
natural level on the upper side and 1½' to 2' on the lower. The
position of the entrance is not evident.
The second circle, which is situated some 80' W. of the first, has
an interior diameter of from 18' to 20' , and an entrance seemingly
from teh SW. The bank appears to be some 8' to 10' in thickness,
but is not accurately measurable. The interior has also been dug
out, but not so deeply as in the sircle last described.
Some 20' to teh NW. of the second lies a thrid circle. the
interior diameter is about 21', and the entrance from the SW. The
bank measures in thickness about 11', and around the lower side it
is still a foot or two in height. The interior has also been dug out,
and its level is from 2' 6" to 3' below that of the hill slope on the
upper side.
Some 30 yards N. of the last is yet another, which has been
partially destroyed by the formation of a sheep drain across the
lower end of it. The diameter of the interior is some 9' across and
11' towards the entrance, which jas been from the SW. The
entrance appears to ahev been very wide. The section exposed by
the cutting of the drain shows that the bank is formed of earth or
peat and small stones.
SOme yards to teh N. of the hut circles adjacent to the wire
fence, and some 50 yards NNE. of the remains of a large cairn
(No. 489), is another hhut circle. The bank is entirely overgrown
and much spread, and measures some 12 ' in breadth at base. The
entrance has been from WSW., now of indefinite width, and the
interior diameter some 24'.
O.S.M., CAITH., xxiv. ("Cairns"). Visited, 30th June 1910.

SEPULCHRAL CONSTRUCTIONS.

477. "Toddy Hillock", Aukengill Bridge. - In a field some 300
yards SE. of Auchengill Bridge is a low oval cairn lying with its
longest axis E/ and W. and measuring some 22' X 17'. Its greatest
elevation is only 1½'. Being largely overgrown with turf little is
visible, and it is probably only a fragment of the original cosntruc-
tion . It bears the name of "Toddy Hillock." ½
O.S.M., CAITH., xviii. Visited, 1st June 1910.

478. Chambered Cairn, "Oslie Cairn," Lynegar. - Some 350 yards
S. by W. of lynegar House , and about 100 yards N. of the shoe
of Loch Watten, is a grass-covered hillock which seems to be a
chambered cairn. On the summit, just protruding through the soil
is the edge of a large slab lying NNW and SSE., measuring about
6'5" in lengthand 9" or 10" in thickness, while parallel to its ENE.
face at either enedand 2' to 3' distant are two shorter slabs about 1' 9" in length. The outline of the mound is very indefinite, but the
diameter appears to be from 50' to 60'.
O.S.M., CAITH., xviii. {"Brough"). Visited, 1st June 1910.

479. Cairn (supposed), Lybster.- In a grass park on the N. side
of the road to Wick, and some 500 yards ENE. of Lynegar House , is

Transcriber's notes

INVENTORY OF MONUMENTS, ETC., IN COUNTY OF CAITHNESS.
[Page] 110 HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (SCOTLAND) COMMISSION.
PARISH OF WATTEN.
O.S.M., CAITH., xviii. Visited, 27th May 1910.
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