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not significant of anything in particular.

[Margin] Wick.
Broch
Camster
(23)

Some 300 yds. [yards] E [East] of Camster farm, which is
situated on the high moorland between Watten
and Latheron and some 6 m. [miles] S. [South] of the former, is a
broch. Overlooking a track of marshy ground to
the E [East] of the Camster burn is a rocky escarpment
from the edge of which rises to a height of some 12' a round rock. cut
off from the rising slope on the E and W. [East and West] by a
trench some 30' wide. The sides of the rock
are steeply scarped on the W [West] to a height of
about 12' and to a somewhat less extent on the
E [East] while to the Southward the rocky face
from the base of the prominence falls away
for some 12' to 15' more. Below the counterscarp
which only is visible on the E and W. [East and West] flanks the
depth of the trench is some 3' - 4'. From
the top of the scarp towards the base of the
broch the usual terrace some 20' in width
appears to intervene. This is very apparent
on the E and W. [East and West] but on the N. [North] the surface
is much disturbed and in this direction has
probably been the entrance and outbuildings
Two segments of what appear to be the
circular wall of the broch project for
some 3' to 4' from the surface. They indicate
a diameter over all of some 78' and an
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