Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760 . miles round, of which I liave no doubt; to the North is a ridgeof hills, between which and the hills to the South is a fine Vale,beyond this is another ridge and there is a most beautiful valei)etween them. The parish of Birsa^ and the parish of Eva,^ to the north ofthese make another fine spot on the Sea: we had a most ]) ride between the two parts of the Lough, tho the Countryis mostlv heathy, & we came to a very grand druid temple,* 1 Rev. James Tyrie, minister from 1747 to 1778. - Birsay. ^ Evie. * The large stone circle at Stennis is 366 feet
Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760 . miles round, of which I liave no doubt; to the North is a ridgeof hills, between which and the hills to the South is a fine Vale,beyond this is another ridge and there is a most beautiful valei)etween them. The parish of Birsa^ and the parish of Eva,^ to the north ofthese make another fine spot on the Sea: we had a most ]) ride between the two parts of the Lough, tho the Countryis mostlv heathy, & we came to a very grand druid temple,* 1 Rev. James Tyrie, minister from 1747 to 1778. - Birsay. ^ Evie. * The large stone circle at Stennis is 366 feet in diameter. Thirteen stonesare still standing ; ten others are prostrate, and the stumps or fragments ofthirteen more bring the number still recognisable on the site to thirty-six. yiaeAndersons Sco/. in Pagan Times, 1886, ji. 118, fig. 129; Barrys History ofOrkney, p. 217, 2d c<l. OUKNKV. 143 some of the stones of wliicli are 15 feet lii<;li aiul from three tosix feet broad, and fifteen feet apart. There were about sixty. V H•o of them but many lay on the ground, and there are cavitieswherein most probably some of them stood. There is a singlepillar about 50 yards to the North East, and a barrow to the 144 TOUR TIIllOUGH SCOTLAND, 17G0. North ;uul South, one to tlie South West and anotlier to theNorth East, and wliat is sin;uhir, at tlie distance of ten vardsis a fossee all round the Circle about ten feet deep. A view ofit is seen on the other side [i)ai^e 141]. We crossed over tlie narrow pass which joyns the two partsof the Louo-h on stones laid like a wier. I was assured therewere no Salmon in the Lough, but they have a large kind oftrout,—soon afterwards we came to another Circle of Stones^which are 15 feet high, six feet broad, the Circle is about 30yards in Diameter, and the stones are about eiglit yards apart;There are two standing to the South, one is wanting, and tlienthere are two standing to the West, a third laying down, thentwo are wanting, there be
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