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S. [South] for a distance of about 45 ft. [feet] and swings
round on either side to meet the broch where
the banks are steepest. The most accessible
approach being from the E. [East] the defences are
strongest in that direction. Here the rampart
comparatively low on the inside has a steep
scarp about 12 ft. [feet] high & about 16 ft. [feet] distant
from its base is another rampart only two
or three feet high and stony. About 120 yds [yards]
E. [East of the broch on the top of a slight eminence

[Margin] Unnoted.

there are the remains of a stone circle. The
stones are irregularly placed and have probably
been moved in some cases. In the centre of a
cup shaped depression, where there has
probably been a cairn from the small round
stones which form its sides, stands a large
block of white granite rock 4’.6” high. 3’ across
and about 10” thick. One stone stands to
the N. [North] and another to the S. [South] of this block
12’ apart and other 5 stand irregularly
to the W. [West] of a line between them. Four of
the stones are set with their broad faces at
right angles to what was probably the line of
the circumference but as they stand they
do not form the arc of a circle. Near
Loch Ma Naire at its S. [South] end are some small

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