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Trantlemor and the river are the remains of a
broch, known as Carn Liath. It is now
a structureless mass of small stones. The
entrance has been from the E. [East] through
a passage 14' and some 2'.3" in width
in the interior. The diameter over all has
been 58' and of the interior about 30'.
Only here and there the foundation stones
remain visible.

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 21.

At Trantlemor some 3/4 m. [mile] to the north:
:ward on the croft of Mr. Mackenzie on
a slight elevation about ? 250 yds [yards] from the river
are the remains of a broch now overgrown
with turf. Some of the foundation stones
of the outer face of the wall are visible
indicating a diameter over all of about
58'. The entrance appears to have been
from the N. [North].

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 20.

On the E. [East] side of the strath on the slope
of the hill from about 100 yds. [yards] back from the high road about 1/4 m. [mile] N. [North] of Dalhalvaig
school are a large number of cairn
like heaps of stone from about 16' to 25'
in diameter. They differ in appearance
from the ordinary small cairns so
common on the hill sides by being
slightly lower in the centre as if partially

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