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of the public road near the edge of the cultivated
field is a large grass covered mound which
probably contains the remains of a broch. No part
of the structure is visible but a circular depression
on the summit near the N. [North] end may indicate
the interior court. The surface of the field
is lowest on the W. [West] and from that direction
the mound has an elevation of about 11'. From
the N. [North] the greatest height is some 8'.

[Margin] Backlass
Mound
(12)

About 1/2 m. [mile] to the S. [south] of Houstry of Dunn farm
buildings on an enclosed tract of waste land
is a mound which (?) bears the name of Gallow
Hillock. It is entirely overgrown with turf but
boulders which protrude from it suggest
that it is possibly a cairn. It is some 85'
in length lying with its main axis SE and NW. [South East and North West]
At the SE [south East] end it measures 21' across and gradually
expanding, measures at the NW. [North West] 42'. Its greatest
elevation is about 3'.

[Margin] Stone Circle
Old Hall
(10)

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Diagram inserted --

On the S. [South] end of a low ridge about 100 yds [yards]
N. [North] of Old Hall farm house is a single
standing stone - 4' 4" high above ground,
3' 3" in breadth and 1' 5" in thickness. It
faces N. & S. [North & South] No other stones of a circle
remain.

[Margin] Broch
Green Hill
Wester Watten
(3)

A grass covered knoll immediately
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