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in the interior is 8 ft. [feet] high and the greatest height
to the exterior above several feet of debris is 7’.6” on
the S.E. [South East]. On the N.W. [North West] side a chamber about 8 ft. [feet] long
with rounded end and converging walls roofed with
flags, has been partially exposed in the wall. The slab be:
:neath which access is now obtained into it is about
3 ft. [feet] long and 15 ins. [inches] thick. Immediately to the E. [East]
of the foregoing is another chamber 5 ft. [feet] long and
3 ft. [feet] wide built up at the end and half filled with
stones. If the debris was cleared away a good
deal of this broch would be found to be standing
though not in good repair.

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 13.

The “tumulus” indicated as near Kinloch Ho. [House]
gave some difficulty to find. It lies about 1/2 m. [mile]
N.W. [North West] of Kinloch Lodge on the S. [South] slope of the hill
on which the broch stands. It is overgrown with
turf through which a number of large stones pro:
:trude. Five large slabs project upwards and
seem as if they might form part of the sides of a chamber
or chambers. From N. to S. [North to South] they are 17’ from each
other where facing. The diameter of the cairn
is about 30 ft. [feet] and its height, 2 to 3 ft. [feet].
A walk of about 1 mile S.E. [South East] brought us to

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 9

Druim na - coup the traditionary (?) site of a
great battle between the Mackays and the
Sutherlands ending in the annihilation of the

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