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of numerous constructions. Near the
centre there seems to have been a broch
with a diameter over all of some 66' but
it is much delapidated and the outline not
very evident. Its elevation is about 5'. On
the N. and S. [North and South] & especially on the E [East], are surface indications
of numerous outbuildings.

Stone Circle Guidebost
At Guidebost close by the left bank of the
Burn of Latheronwheel and about 1 1/2 m. [miles]
above the road bridge at Latheronwheel,
are the remains of a large stone circle
of which seven stones now remain upright
and one fallen, though one of the former
is broken over at 1'.6" above ground and
another is a broken stump. The stones
have been set with their faces in the line
of the circumference and and vary from 2'.9"
to 4'.9" in height. They are irregularly
placed and the largest circle of which they
could have formed members must have
had a diameter of some 195' [corrected to] 190'

Broch Latheronwheel. 90
About 1/3 m. [mile] W. [West] of Latheronwheel House at
the upper side of a field adjourning the
moorland rises a green mound the centre
of which contains the ruins of a broch.
Over all the tower measures some 66'

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