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[Page] 64
[Continued from page 63]

Two partitions one formed of flags set on end
set some distance apart and the other of slabs
set on edge in the floor crossed the area of
the broch from the entrance to the back. These walls
are 8' apart and midway between them nearly
in the centre of the interior is a cist like cavity
some 2 1/2' square. At short distance on one
side are erect slabs set edgewise to the main
wall. In the NE. [North East] side of the interior face of the
main wall there is a recess or aumbry
2' sq [square] at a height of about 3 1/2' from the floor.
The wall of the broch only remains visible to a
height of about 3'. The entrance passage
is prolonged outwards through a series
of secondary buildings containing four
irregularly shaped chambers. In a
rectangular enclosure of upright slabs against
the inner face of the wall of the broch to the left of the entrance
were found the fragments of a large
jar of coarse unglazed pottery which when
reconstructed measured 17" in height by 17 1/2"
in diameter at the mouth, tapering to 7" in
diameter at base. The only other objects
found were a few grain rubbers & portions of
rotary querns.

[Margin] The Road Broch
Keiss
(27)

Situated in a field close to the public road
[Continued on page 65]