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along the edge enclosing the more level
areas immediately adjoining the broch. The entrance has been from the E. [East]
through a passage about 16 ft. [feet] long, over which
three or four of the covering flags still remain
in situ. For the first 5 ft. [feet] the passage is 2’.3”
wide at which distance there is a rebate
in the wall and it expands to 3 ft. [feet]. The ruination
is too great to allow it to be seen, without exca:
:vation whether there is a guard chamber or
not. The height of the passage from the ruins
to the lintel on the inside is only 2 ft. [feet]. The
broch is much ruined but does not appear to
have been pillaged for stones. The interior
is peculiar in not being circular the W. [West]
side being considerably flattened and
it has the appearance of having been re:
:constructed. There is a chasm up the
cliff on the W. [West] the upper part of which
is built up and the outer wall of the
broch is some feet back from the edge.
It is possible that the original structure
fell at this point being too near the cliff
& the reconstructed building was placed
farther back. The Int. dia. [Interior diameter] from N. to S. [North to South] is
about 31 ft. [feet] and 27 ft. [feet] from E. to W. [East to West]. The
highest part of the wall visible above the ruins

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