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distance of about 10'. At the inner end of
the wall face standing at right angles to the line
of its direction is a remarkable slab 5'4" above
present level and 3' broad by 6" to 8" thick which
may have formed one of the jambs of the doorway.
A very small portion of the outer wall is
visible for a foot or two of its height on the N. [North]
and on the S. [South] a part of the outer wall of a
chamber. The inner face of the wall is in
no place exposed and without excavation
it is not possible to obtain accurate meas:
:urements. As the broch stands far from
any human habitation or cultivated land it
does not appear to have been pillaged for stone.
Beside the old road about 1 1/4 N.W [North West] of Wester
Clynekirkton are a number of small cairns.
On reaching Clynekirkton we called on the
minister. He informed me that before the present
roof was put on the belfry it had two large
square (?) apertures opposite each other in the
roof and that the present square openings
beneath the roof were the recesses for the
beam ends for the support of the bell. The
old church had no belfry on it. (Macgibbon
& Ross's description was evidently made before
the roof was renewed.) The stone from

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