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diameter and has an entrance to the S. [South]
A “tunnel” is said to have been discovered many
years ago in the field adjoining. About 1 m. [mile]
N. [North] of the S. [South] end of Farr, on a promontory joined
to the mainland by a narrow neck and very
precipitous on either flank though accessible
from the sea or N.E. [North East] extremity are the scanty

[Margin] OS. [Ordnance Survey] 49. S. [Site]

remains of the castle of Borve. Nothing but
part of the foundations remain which
show a range of rectangular building with walls
about 7 ft. [feet] thick. The N.W. [North West] wall has for the
most part gone but the main building which
is on the W. [West] side of the promontory has been
narrow, and its plan is indefinite. The
top of the promontory slopes down towards
the seaward end where there are several
hollows, circular & rectangular, probably
foundations of structures of some kind. Below
them a ditch crosses the lower end of the
headland. The neck connecting it with
the mainland is traversed by a high rampart
and a ditch on the landward side and
there are the remains of a bank still
near the land on the N.W. [North West] side at the top of
the cliff further protecting the approach. On
the high heathy ground here the little

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