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originally stood at right angles to it. There
is a slight depression in the centre of the
mound which may imply that it has been ex:
:cavated.

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Plan of Stone Circle. Achanarras Hill.
Halkirk Parish --

[Margin] Cairn.
Achanarras Hill
(unnoted)

Some 40 yds [yards] W. [West] of the stone circle on Achanarras
Hill is a low mound overgrown with mossy
turf which appears to be a cairn. Its limits
are indefinite but it appears to measure in
diameter some 43' from E to W [East to West] by 56'
from N. to S. [North to South]

[Margin] Broch.
Achanarras
(49.)

To the NW [North West] of Achanarras Hill and some 1/2
m. [mile] NE [North East] of Achies farm buildings, is a large
grassy mound covering the ruins of a broch.
Over all the mound measures about 150' in
diameter and its greatest elevation is some
12' to 14'. Above a steep scarp some 6' to
8' above the field level a terrace varying from
12' to 20' in breadth encircles the mound
from the centre of which rises the upper portion
of the mound with a diameter of about 76'.
On the summit is a circular depression
with a diameter of about 28' and a depth
of about 5'. The mound has been to a
small extent dug into from the SE [South East]

[Margin] Achanarras Hill.
Cairn (The Saltman)
50)

At the N. [North] end of Achanarras Hill at
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