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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brough of Culswick | Brough of Culswick Brough of Culswick Brough of Culswick Brough of Culswick Pict's Castle |
Low's Tour Mr James Garriock Reawick Mr William D. E. Thomson Poor Inspr [inspector] Walls John Thomson Esq. of Sitoul Admiralty Chart Johnston's Map |
050.03 | An ancient Pictish stronghold situate on an eminence on the sea shore, about ¼ of a mile south of "Heolkifled" and nearly ¾ of a mile West of "Soterst". "It is constructed of vast pieces of a very hard kind of white and red granite, the pro-duce of the rock on which it stands; the stones altogethr rude, but strongly and closely built; the wall double, with a sort of spiral passage, which one can creep through where it is not choked up with ruins, No sort of cement has been used in building, and, notwithstanding, the walls are firm and entire, except where they have been pulled down by men. The gallery is covered with long lintel stones, which rest on both walls; and the floor of the one is the covering of the other. Round the whole building, which is circular, is a ditch and rampart. Its dimensions follow, together with a plan, elevation, and section:- The diameter withing the inner walls, 26 ft [feet] 6 in [inches]; whole diameter at the foundation, 44 ft [feet]; thickness of the inner wall, 3 ft [feet] 6 in [inches]; breadth of the gallery [continued] Over. |
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[page] 165Parish of Sandsting -- Shetland
Brough of Cuslwick
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