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measuring 5 1/4 X 4 1/4 inches, a rudely shaped cup
of sandstone measuring 4 1/2 X 4 1/2 in length & breadth
and 2" in depth, saddle querns and portions of
rotary querns, antlers of the red-deer of great size
and bones of the Great Auk.

[Margin] Broch at the
white gate
(26)

On the same terrace at the distance of less than
1/4 m. [miles] to the northward and about [--] distance
from the shore is another broch which has also
been excavated and is referred to in the account
of the excavation as the Broch at the White Gate.
It is entered from the seaward direction by a
passage direct through the wall some 13' in
length, 2'.6" wide at the exterior and 3'.6" wide
at the interior opening. At 3'.8" inward
from the exterior are rebates for a door
6" deep on either side of the passage and
at a distance of 5'.6" further in are a pair of
checks projecting 8" on either side. The interior
diameter is 26'. At a distance of 12'
round the inner circumference from the
the end of the passage to the left a break
in the wall probably marked the entrance
to the stairway and almost opposite the
main entrance 2' above the floor level
a secondary chamber about 7' in diameter
has been partly formed on the wall.
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