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[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 42.

On the W. [West] bank of the Allt a' Choire Mhoir
rather more than 1/2 m. [mile] above its junction
with the Helmsdale river, and about 40'-50'
above the burn are the remains of a
broch (marked "Pictish Tower" on O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 1.)
It is a complete ruin, no portion of the
inside of the wall is discernible and only
here and there the lowest course of the
outer face. The diameter over all has
been about 58'. The entrance appears
to have been from the S. [South] and to the
left are indications of a chamber

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 10.

On the moor about 1/2 m. [mile] SW. [South West] of Killournan
is a long cairn. It lies with its longest
axis E and W. [East and West] is 108' long; 27' wide at
W [West] end. At about 45' from the E. [East] end it
begins to expand in that direction and at widest is 43' across
It is quite low at the W [West] end and 7' high
at the E. [East]. Both extremities are rounded.
Numerous excavations have been made
in it but no chamber appears to have
been exposed.

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 34.

On a knoll beside the burn at
Killournan has stood a broch now
entirely demolished. Only a few structureless
heaps of small stones remain.

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Jane F Jamieson