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a small bronze ring, a flattish circular disc
of sandstone 1 1/2" in diameter and 5/8" in thickness
having slightly incised markings suggestive of
an attempted inscription on both of its flat
sides and on one side the figure of a bird,
a lamp of stone, a stone cup with side handle,
saddle and rotary querns, two moulds
for ingots 4" and 5" in length respectively and
two socket stones for the pivots of doors.
Among the food refuse were bones of the ox,
sheep or goat and swine; portions of red-deer
horns, charred grain, and a single canine
tooth of a bear (ursus arctos)

[Margin] Keiss Castle.
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On the N. [North] side of Sinclair Bay near the
modern house of Keiss and on a projecting rock above the shore stand the ruins of
Keiss Castle. The NE [North East] angle which contained
the entrance has gone as also all the upper
floors. In plan the castle is oblong measur:
:ing 27'.3" by 23'.6" over the walls having
two round projecting towers one to seaward
at the SE. [South East] angle and the other which has
contained the staircase to the W [West] at the
NW [North West] angle. the N. [North] face of the latter being flat
and in line with the N [North] wall of the castle.
The basement is vaulted and the walls
3'.3" in thickness. The castle is lofty with
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