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1824. surrounded by the still visible remains of a 

 •July, mound, about thirty yards in diameter. It 

 would appear that the slabs were procured 

 from the neifirhbourins: lake, as its bottom was 

 of sand stone^ h'^^S ^P^^'^ iii long flat frag- 

 ments. About a mile and a half beyond this 

 place is a gently rising little hill, on which are 

 five or six large and perfectly conical tumuli; 

 and also a circular space of about one hundred 

 and twenty yards diameter, surrounded by a 

 ditch. Within this enclosure were a quantity 

 of the same upright slabs of stone as the first 

 we saw, and ranged round its inner limits. 

 On one side of the circle many were wanting, 

 but on the southern verge several yet stood, 

 and in one part six were together. 



From some Stromness people I learnt that 

 there were several other Druidical remains on 

 the island, but that one of the most perfect 

 circles of upright slabs had been rooted up by 

 a sacrilegious farmer, for the purpose of add- 

 ing their small scite to his already extensive 

 cultivated grounds. 



Returning homewards, we made several in- 

 effectual attempts at various little huts to pro- 

 cure something to cat, but all the inmates de- 

 clared they had nothing better than meal and 

 water to offer us. 



