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8' in thickness and 18' distant from the broch.
It probably encircled the broch except on the river
bank but on the N. and NW. [North and North West] it is no longer visible.
It appears to be known as "Carn Bran".

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 6

On top of the bank above the road some 250 yds. [yards] (?) to the E. [East]
of Loth bridge are the remains of a long cairn.
It appears to have been about 130' in length
but it is now reduced to about 65', the Western
half having been removed for road-metal at
no distant date. It lies with its longest
axis WNW. and ESE. [West North West and East South East]. At the W [West] end it appears
to have been about 37' broad and at the E [East]
end from 65' to 70', but the rank growth
of bracken & grass render accurate definition
impossible. At 32' in from what appears to be
the extreme E [East] end is a large lintel stone 5'.10" long,
3'.10" deep and 1'.4" thick, fully exposed supported
on two upright stones 2'.4" apart. About 5' to
the E. [East] of it a portion of the passage uncovered,
2' wide, is visible. In rear of the lintel the
back wall of the chamber partly formed of a
large slab and partly built is just visible among
the debris with which the chamber is filled.
The length is 6'.10" but the breadth without
excavation is not ascertainable. Though
excavations have been made in several

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