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here and there are mounds overgrown with
vegetation and convex in outline which are
possibly sepulchral but they are much less
numerous than the others. Towards the
SE. [South East] end of the hill in a field in Swordale to the S. [South] of the
Combination Poorhouse is the site of a
broch known as Carn Mor. Only a low
mound of small stones remains.

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 13

On Tulloch hill about 1/4 m. [mile] N [North] of the schoolhouse
are the remains of Carn an fhitich. The diameter
is about 42' and the height about 5'. The cairn
has been excavated and one or two slabs which
have formed part of a cist lie displaced among
the stones. The O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 6" mentions that two stone
cists existed in it. Dr. [Doctor] Joass is said to have been
at the opening.
A short distance to the E [East] of the cairn are a
number of the supposed hut ruins. One
heap of stones lying E and W. [East and West] measures
30' x 17' while adjacent in form of a crescent
facing S. [South] some 60' long x 20' wide at the centre.
Near the top of the hill towards the SW. [South West]
are a few small overgrown cairns meas:
:uring from 12' to 16' in diameter. On the
same part of the hill is an oval ruin
measuring 20' x 14'. The remains of old

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