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in the country. It occupies an almost impregnable
position on the left bank of the Black water about
2 miles above the junction of that stream with the
Brora. Below a spot where the Black water has cut
its way through cliffs which rise to a height
of 70' or 80' is an isolated rock precipitous towards
the river which flows past it on two sides, and
steep to the landward side from which it is
cut off by a gully down which a small stream
flows. On this the remains of the broch stand.
It is entered from E.SE [East South East] through a passage 12'10"
in length 2'8" in width at the exterior end and
3'6" in the interior. 5' in from the outside is a
rebate of 6" on either side for a door and 4'8"
further in another 8" wide. On the right of the
passage beyond the first door check but at what
exact distance it is uncertain from the ruin of the wall
was the entrance to a guard chamber. It passed in
through a passage about 4' in length, one lintel of
which at the inner end measuring 3'7" in length
still remains. The chamber is largely filled
with debris and measures as far as exposed
5'8" in length x 5' in breadth. Two lintel
slabs remain in position at the exterior
end of the main entrance to the broch and
the height of the doorway at present is about 5'.

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