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entrance has been from the E [East] through a passage
10'.6" in length measured at the level of its roof.
3'.4" wide at the exterior and
2'.4" wide at the interior extremity. The outer
lintel is gone but the next four remain in situ,
though one is broken, roofing the passage for
8' of its length. It is open at the exterior for a
height of 2'.3". [caret mark]

[Margin] ^ [caret mark] No guard chamber
or door jambs
are exposed

The diameter over all is about
52'. Above the present floor level of the passage
the greatest height of the mound is 8'. A de:
:pression on the top marks the court.

[Margin] Broch.
"Tulach Buaile a Chrois"
Westerdale
(15)

On the top of the left bank of the Thurso River
about 100 yards below Westerdale Bridge is a
mound covering the remains of a broch
small fragments of the wall of which are visible
The mound has at one time been quarried into
at the S. [South] end and the river has eaten into
on the E. [East] There now remains an oblong mound
measuring some 60' to 70' in length by 20' in
breadth.

[Margin] Mound.
"Tulach Lochain Bhraiseil"
(14)

About 1/4 N [North] of Westerdale Bridge on the
left bank of the Thurso River and about
100 yds. [yards] distant from it is a conical grassy
mound of artificial character. There is
no depression on the top and its greatest
elevation is about 10'. In diameter it measures
119' from N to S [North to South] by 103' from E to W. [East to West] There
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