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strong as usual to the sorrow of the cyclist.
Returning to Thrumster we first inspected the
broch of Borrowstoun.

[Margin] Borrowstoun Broch.
(18)

In the corner of an arable field some 200 yds. [yards]
S. [South] of Borrowstoun cottage is a grass covered
mound containing the remains of a broch.
The mound over all measures some 114' in
diameter and has an elevation of about 10'.
The upper portion which is circular with a
diameter of 42' and a height of 3', probably
indicates the position of the main structure.
Some 6' above the natural level at the W. [West] end
of the mound is a well marked terrace,
in form of a crescent some 20' in greatest
breadth from the base of the elevated
top. There are no signs of excavation.

[Margin] Brounaben Broch.
(19)

To the W. [West] of the Lybster railway some
200 yds. [yards] N. [North] of Brounaben croft. at the edge
of a cultivated field are the remains of a
broch which has been excavated. The
inner face of the wall has been rebuilt
to an even level of some 5' and the interior
is used as a garden. The main entrance
has been from the E. [East] through a passage
some 14' in thickness the outer end of which
has been removed. There has been no guard
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