Notice of Two Cists on the Farm of Antabreck, North Ronaldsay, Orkney

Two stone cists were recently found at the farm of Antabreck, in the island of North Eonaldsay, Orkney.The farm is not nearer to the sea than three-quarters of a mile.The field where the cists were found consists of a clay loam, sufficiently impervious to moisture to have kept the interior of the cists remarkably free from water or other extraneous substances.The sketch I have sent shows the general position and appearance of the two cists, which were only about 1 foot below the surface of the ground.The smaller cist was 2 feet by 1\, and 18 inches deep.It contained portions of two skeletons and a very little brown earth, that may have fallen in while opening it.There were three thigh bones, two arm bones (a radius and ulna), fragments of skulls and vertebras, <fec.The other cist, contiguous to the first, was 4 feet 5 inches long by 2 feet 4 inches wide, and 2 feet 5 inches deep.The flagstones of which it was composed were more perfectly rectangular in shape, and more