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and entrance from SE. [South East]. Some 100 yds. [yards] to the

[Sketch inserted here]

W. [West] higher up on the hill is
another hut circle of ordinary
type entering from the SE [South East] through
an entrance 2' wide & 9' long.
The diameters are 17' x 19' and
the bank 6' thick. Attached to it on the
E [East] side is a smaller enclosure measuring interiorly
about 10' x 16' with entrance to the SE [South East] 2 1/2' wide.
Higher up on the hill are several small enclosures
of about 6' interior diameter with their banks lined
on the interior with large stones and about 5' in
thickness with the entrance from the SE. [South East].

Clyne
[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 7.

Situated on the top of a bank some 60' or 70' above
the bed of the Coich burn 1/4 m. [mile] above its junction
with the Brora & on its E [East] bank and about 1 m. [mile] ENE. [East North East] of Sciberscross
are the remains of a broch. Little of the structure
remains. On the SW. [South West] the wall has been entirely
demolished and on the NW [North West] the exterior face of
the wall exists to a height of about 3' for a short
distance. In the interior a small portion of
wall about 4' high remains on the E [East] side.
The interior diameter has been 28' and the
thickness of the wall 13'. In the wall towards
the NW [North West] the top of a chamber about 3' across
is exposed. No other details are visible.

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