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ruins of a small broch. Towards the river
but nowhere else the lower face of the wall is
visible and no measurements are obtainable.

Broch An Dun Berriedale (13)
On a prominent position on the moorland
on the top of the steep banks in the angle
between the Allt an Dun and the Berrie:
:dale water stand the ruins of a broch.
The tower occupies the centre of a hillock
and has been encircled at its base by a
ditch, 16' in width and some 6' in depth
on the SW [South West] and less well defined on the
other portion of the periphery. The ruins
are not overgrown with vegetation. The
entrance, which has been from the W. [West], is
2'.6" in width but is much broken down
and the length of the passage is not obtainable
without excavation. On the left of the
passage has been a guard chamber the
back of which is visible at 14' from the wall
of the passage. The diameter of the
broch over all has been 46" and the
thickness of its wall 11'. The greatest
height of wall exposed on both faces
is about 3'. To the SW. [South West] of the entrance
a break in the counterscarp of the ditch
gives access to a small circular en:

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