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INVENTORY OF MONUMENTS, ETC., IN COUNTY OF CAITHNESS. [Page] 25

PARISH OF DUNNET.

67. Hut Circle, Links of Greenland. - Some 200 yards ESE. of the last is another
hut circle, with an interior diameter of 31'. The entrance from the
SE. is visible for a length of 6' 4", faced on either side with flags, and
has a breadth of 2' 6". In the interior several thin slabs protrude
set edgewise against the bank. The present thickness of the bank
is from 13' to 14'.
O.S.M., CAITH., vi. ("Cairn"). Visited, 23rd August 1910.

68. Hut Circle, Links of Dunnet. - At the S. end of a ridge of sand
about 3/4 m. SSE. of Dunnet church is a large circular depression,
around the edge of which stones are evident. It has an interior
diamter of about 36'.

69. Mounds, Links of Dunnet. - Some 50 yards to the E. are three small conical
stony mounds, each with a diamter of from 16' to 18' and an
elevation of some 3'. One of them appears to have been dug into,
but no cist is exposed. (O.S., "Cairns.")
O.S.M., CAITH., vi. Visited, 23rd August 1910.

SEPHULCHRAL CONSTRUCTIONS.

70. "Killi Cairn", St John's Loch, Humspow. - At Hunspow, by
the N. end of St John's Loch, are the remains of a small cairn measur-
ing some 21' in diameter and 2' to 3' in elevation. It appears to have
been excavated, and from the centre rises a single upright slab 2' 2"
in height above ground by 3' 4" in breadth, which may have formed
part of a cist.
O.S.M., CAITH., i. Visited, 18th August 1910.

71. Cairns, Links of Greenland. - On the W. side of the
road from Castletown to Dunnet and about 1 1/4 m. S. of Dunnet
church are two small cairns close to one another. They measure
some 32' in diameter and from 5' to 6' in elevation. Neither appears
to have been excavated.
O.S.M., CAITH., vi. Visited, 23rd August 1910.

72. Chambered Cairn, "Earl's Cairn," Hollandmaik. - Situated in a
grass park some 200 yards N. of the farm of Hollandmaik, is a circular
chambered cairn (Pl. XI.), which was excavated by Sir Francis Tress
Barry. It measures in diameter from 41' to 43' and in elevation about
6'. At the base are several large boulders, irregularly placed and
evidently disturbed from their original positions, which appear to
indicate that the base was outlined with such stones. The chamber,
which is tripartite, is entered from the ESE. At 15' 6" inwards from
the outer edge of the cairn two upright slabs mark the entrance to
an outer rectangular compartment 2' 2" in length and apparently
some 4' 10" in width, but the destruction of one side has rendered
the latter dimension indefinite. Between portal stones, one of which
only remains, access has been gained to the central compartment, which
is approximately circular, measuring 6' from back to front and 7'
across. The wall, for the most part built of thin slabs laid horizontally
and corbelled out upwards, exists to a height of 3' 4". In the centre
of the back is an opening 2' 9" in width between two upright slabs
placed obliquely, giving access to the third compartment, a built