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[Page] 26 HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (SCOTLAND) COMMISSION.

PARISH OF DUNNET.

semicircular recess 3' in depth. Its height has been that of the two
upright slabs which are at present 1' 10" above ground level, but the
lintel which rested on them is broken and the roof of the recess is,
in consequence, in a ruined state.
Within the chamber were found "two urns of dark blue clay,
highly ornamented but in fragments," also "burned wood and ashes." *
O.S.M., CAITH., vii. Visited, 19th September 1910.

73. Chambered Cairn (remains), Rattar. - Some 30' to the SW. of
the mound (No. 75) there project from the turf the heads of three large
slabs all facing N. and S., two in line and one a short distance to the
rear opposite the space between the two slabs in front. These appear
to be the remains of a chambered cairn.

74. Cairn, Easter Head, Dunnet Head. - Situated about 1/4 m.
SE. of Easter Head, Dunnet Head, is a small cairn of low elevation
with a diameter of 16' or thereby. A surveyor's cairn has been
erected on the top of it.
O.S.M., CAITH., i. Visited, 18th August 1910.

MISCELLANEOUS.

75. Mound, Rattar. - About 1/4 m. N. of Rattar House, and a short
distance to the N. of the site of a broch (No. 83), is a grassy mound,
oval on plan. It lies NE. and SW., and measures in length and
breadth 45' x 30', and in elevation 5'. It was partially opened by
Mr John Nicolson, Nybster, who discovered a passage 4' deep by 2'
wide, extending along it from the SW. end, faced with slabs set on
end and covered by flat stones for lintels. There were found in this
passage a stone pounder, two split bones, and a quantity of shells of
edible molluscs.
O.S.M., CAITH., i. ("Tumuli"). Visited, 18th August 1910.

76. Mount, Rattar. - At the edge of the bank above the shelving rocks
about 1/2m. NW. of Rattar House is a low mound which has been
partially carried away. It has a diameter of 30' and an elevation
of 1 1/2' to 2'. Its character is not apparent.
O.S.M. CAITH., i. ("Cairn"). Visited, 18th August 1910.

77. Mound, Links of Greenland. - On the S. side of a small burn
which crosses the links about 1m. S. of Dunnet church, and about 250
yards E. of the road from Castletown, is a conical sandy mound. In
diameter it measures 33' and in elevation about 5'. From the top
two thin slabs protrude 5' 8" apart, inclining towards each other at
an angle of about 15º - 20º;. and some 6' and 9' respectively towards
the W., another pair in similar alignment are just visible about
5' distant from each other. The slabs are thin, and the construction
does not appear to be a chambered cairn.
O.S.M., CAITH., vi. ("Cairn"). Visited, 23rd August 1910.

78. Mound, Dunnet. - Some 2/3 m. S. of Dunnet church, on the
E. side of the road, is a high sandy mound with an elevation of
16' or 17', around the top of which much stone is visible but no

* Information supplied by Mr John Nicolson, Nybster.