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stones overgrown with turf is 3' - 4' thick. This
must, I think, have been a kiln.
On the summit of a wooded hill which
projecting into the Dornoch Firth from its

[Margin] 3 1/2 m. [miles] SE [South East]

N. [North] bank about SE [South East] of Bonar Bridge presents
an almost precipitous front to sea-ward
and hardly less accessible slopes on its
N and S [North and South] flanks is situated the Dun of
Creich. The hill attains an altitude of
370' and is easily ascended only along
a narrow ridge from the Westward
culminating in a more rocky summit.
A single rampart of stone encloses an
area of about [--] and the highest portion
of this area which is towards the N. [North] has again
been further fortified by an inner rampart
along the top of the rocky scarp now insignificant
& measures about 167' from E to W [East to West] by 96' from N to S. [North to South].
In the centre of this area and itself enclosed
within a low bank about 10' distant from
its walls are the fragmentary ruins of a
rectangular mortar built structure measuring
18' x 25'. believed to be the castle built by
Paul MacIver in 13 Cent [Century] (See Sir Robert Gordon)
The main rampart of the original construction
is at highest (towards the S. [South]) about 4' high and
12' wide on base. The main entrance has

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