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doorway in the inside at the S.E [South East] corner giving access to a round
tower which had contained the stair case. The
length of frontage is 35 ft [feet] and breadth of E [East] end
including 18 ft. [feet] for diameter of the tower about 30 ft. [feet]. The
masonry is rough unhewn whin and most of
the dressed stones at the corners have been re:
:moved. There has been an outside stair to the
first floor at the W. [West] end. The ruin is of no im:
:portance. Across the Leader valley to Bowerhouse,
pronounced locally Boor’us. Here in a small

Nether Bowerhouse
plantation on the hillside about 1/3 mile West of
the steading is a well defined camp. It has
suffered considerably from quarrying. The
defences consist of two concentric mounds
and an intervening ditch measuring 26 ft. [feet]
from crest to crest. The inner mound at its
highest point on the N.W. [North West] is about 6 ft. [feet] high above the
bottom of the ditch the outer one considerably less.
Diameter, (interior) 270 x 170 ft. [feet]. The ramparts are of
earth and stone. There is an entrance through
the defences towards the E [East] which may however be
due to the quarrying in the interior. The outer
mound on the North side where it has passed
into the adjacent field has been entirely ploughed
down. The interior is rocky. Got back to
Harryburn for lunch at 2.0. & left at 3.7 by train
for Edinburgh. My cousins entertained me most

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