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the hill behind Backies and at an
elevation of 600' above the sea is situated

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 23.

a broch. It has been excavated and
an immense pile of stones lies around.
The entrance is from WNW. [West North West] through a
passage 16'6" in length, 3'6" wide in interior at base.
3' below lintel, height to lintel 4'8". The lintel
stones covering the passage are, except one or
perhaps two, all in situ. The interior diameter
is 27': the greatest height of wall in the interior
8'6". on the exterior barely visible. Width of
wall at height of 6' is 13'6". A scarcement
runs round the interior at about 5'8" from
present floor level. Opposite the entrance
is the entrance to chamber, through a
passage 5'6" long 2'1" wide. Over the
lintel at the entrance is an opening 1'9" high
x 1'6" wide carried inwards to the chamber
above the passage roof. The chamber, the
roof of which has fallen in, is 13' to 14' in
length x 6' wide. 9'6" to the N [North] of the entrance
to the interior access is given to the staircase
or a chamber opposite it by a passage 9'8" long & 2'8" wide. The
stair rises to the N. [North] and the walls at
the base as well as of the chamber opposite
have converged. There is

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Alison James- Moderator, Jane F Jamieson