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I lunched with Dr. [Doctor] and Mrs. Henderson and got
directions to visit his supposed site of a broch
opposite Duartbeg. It was a glorious day and
a more beautiful bay than that of Badcall
studded with green islands, I never saw. The
mountains all around were so distinctive, each
stands out from its fellow in such a remarkable
way, while over miles of smiling ocean I could
see mistily outlined the mountains of the Lewis.
I searched up & down rocks and headlands for
the broch but found nothing resembling one
only the foundation of an oval structure which
I feel sure was that of a crofter’s hut. It lies on the
hill whose projecting arm forms the N. [North] side of
the entrance to Loch na Coile, about the 100’ contour
line. Internally it measures 33’ x 12 1/2’ with walls
4’ thick and entrance to N.E. [North East]. There are three
or four small cairns about in the neighbourhood
but I am inclined to think they are merely stones
gathered off a croft. On my homeward way
about 1 m. [mile] due N. [North] of the Manse of Eddrachillis
at an elevation of about 300 ft. [feet] and about 3 - 400 yds [yards]
N. [North] of the public road on the top of a rock against an
outcropping portion of which it is built, is
a cairn. The roof of the chamber has evidently
fallen in and the interior has been pulled

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