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has been exposed. The mound is somewhat
oval on plan with its longest axis E. [East] and W. [West]

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Sketch inserted with scale
Section of Acherole broch from W. [West] to S. [South]
0' -- 10' -- 20' -- 30'
(see Barry's Notes.)

[2 photographs of broch inserted] --

At an elevation of some 8' or 9' on the N [North] and S. [South]
sides and gradually diminishing to 2' and 3' at
the E. [East] and W [West] ends is a terrace, or glacis, some
12' - 14' in width. Along the outer edge of this
terrace on the N. [North] are visible the remains of a wall or
stony rampart now some 8' to 10' broad at base -
The upper portion of the hillock which con:
:tains the ruins of the broch measures in
diameter from E [East] to W. [West] about 108' and from
N. to S. [North to South] about 78'. Its elevation from the level
of the terrace at the E [East] and W [West] ends is about
14' and from the N. [North] and S. [South] about 9'6".
The lower part of the hillock as well as the
upper is to some extent artificial.

[Margin] Standing Stone
(Stone Circle)
Acherole.

About 1/4 m. [mile] of the shepherd's cottage
at Acherole and some 250 yds [yards] N. [North] of the road
is a standing stone. It is a large boulder
oblong in transverse section - some 4'.10" in
height - 13' in circumference and 4' in longest
diameter. At 21'.3" to the W. [West] of it lies displaced
another block measuring 6' in length, 2'.8"
in breadth and 1'.9" in depth. The upright
stone stands with its narrow ends towards
the NNW [North North West] and SSE [South South East] and the prostrate stone
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