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and 5'4" across the back which is formed of three
large upright slabs. The highest walling of the
structure is about 3'10" high. Lying in the
interior is a round boulder about 1' across
the top and 9" deep with a conical depression
on top 3 1/2" in diameter and 2" deep. This may
have been the stone in which a stone pivot of a
door worked (?). Thence we made our way
to the broch of Cinn Trolla or Kintradwell
which appears to have been fully described.
There are an extraordinary number of secondary
constructions around it on the S. [South] side.
The roof of the 1st chamber to left of entrance
has fallen in - the cavity in the floor of the
interior is filled up and the steps of the stairs
are for the most part covered with debris.
I failed to observe the cup marked stone noted
in my list. Here we met J. [Jocelyn] & Mary and
had tea. On the shore below or rather in
sandy hollow are numbers of fossils, belemnites,
&c. &c.
10th Augt. [August]. Took the 10 o'clock train to Helmsdale.
Visited the castle which is encircled by an
unclimbable iron fence. It occupies a most
commanding position on the end of the
steep bank at the S. [South] side of the mouth

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