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[Sketch inserted]

The broch is circular in
the interior with a
diameter of 21'.
Towards the SW. [South West] above
the river the wall has
entirely disappeared
to the foundation which
is 12' across. On the N. [North] the wall is 8' high
which is the greatest height in the interior
and on the exterior the greatest elevation is
towards the E. [East] where it is 10' high. At its greatest
height the wall is 10' in thickness. There
are remains of a chamber in the thickness
of the wall visible 6' from the back wall of
the guard chamber. The upper part only is
exposed above the debris with which it is
filled and is 4' wide: the length is unascertainable.
At a point 11'6" back from the interior end
of the entrance and 4' in from the inner wall
the wall of another chamber is visible among
the ruins. The entrances to neither of these
chambers remain apparent. Six feet to
the left of the entrance on the interior is a
recess on the present ground level 2' square.
At several places in the interior at the same
level are small square recesses measuring

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Jane F Jamieson