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on the S. [South] face above the landing in the goe.
The keep is built of the blue local flags and the
quoins, jambs and lintels are of red sandstone.
The walls terminate in pointed gables and the
roof does not appear to have been battlemented.

[Margin] See photos.

The rock extends Eastwards beyond the keep
for about 170 ft. [feet] and is enclosed with walls
having remains of buildings along the inside
on the N. [North] for a distance of 83' and thereafter
where the rock widens on both sides, a passage
way some 15' in width being left between.
At the seaward extremity a shelf some 15'
below the level of the rest of the rock measuring
some 35' by 26' has also been enclosed & reached
by a flight of steps. Near the centre of it
a square aperture which has been covered
by a flag or trap door gives access to a
stair passing through an obtuse pointed arch
on to the rocks near the sea level on the
N. [North] side.

[Margin] Cairn
Noss Head.

Some 200 yds. [yards] SSW. [ South South West] of the Lighthouse on Noss
Head is a small cairn with a diam [diameter] of some 13' which has been
excavated. In the centre a large slab is
exposed which has probably formed one
side of a cist and another similar slab
some 5'.9" long lies displaced near it.
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