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been much reduced and it now measures some
60' from E to W [East to West] by 40' from N to S [North to South] in diameter
and 6'-8' in height. A trench has been dug
through it towards the E [East] end exposing two
jambs covered by a lintel probably a portion of the entrance passage.

[Margin] Broch
Spittal
(53)

Some 250 yds [yards] E [East] of Spittal Farm are the remains
of a grassy mound which has evidently covered
a broch. Some 2/3 of it have been carted away
and the remains are now unimportant.
From Spittal we bicycled to Georgemas Junction
& trained to Wick.

21st June 1910.
Bicycled to Mybster.

[Margin] Hut circle
Achlachan Moss
(unnoted)

A mile and a half W. [West] of Mybster Inn
on the N. [North] side of the road to Westerdale and
some 20 yds. [yards] distant from it are the remains
of a hut circle. It has been circular with
an interior diameter of about 12' surrounded
by a bank or wall some 4'.6" in thickness.
The inner outline of the bank is marked
by large stones placed end to end a foot
or so apart and a similar arrangement
appears to have characterised the outer circum:
:ference which, however, is much overgrown with
grass. The entrance has probably been from
the S W. [South West] but the bank in that direction has
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