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is nothing to indicate whether it is a cairn or a
broch but from its shape it is possibly the former.

[Margin] Mound.
Tulach an Thuarain.
(16)

About 1/4 m. [mile] N. [North] of Westerdale Bridge, close by
the left bank of the Thurso River and within
50 yds [yards] of the last described mound is another
known as Tulach an Thuarain. It is also
of indeterminate character but the depressions
on the top of it are suggestive of a broch.
Its greatest elevation is 8' and its diameter
from N to S. [North to South] 105' and from E to W. [East to West] 90'. The
lesser diameter in the latter direction being
due to the removal of a portion of the mound
in the formation of a road.

[Margin] St. Trostan's chapel.
site & graveyard.
(71)

At the edge of a field to the E [East] of the road
that leads from Westerdale to Balantsiannach
and 1/2 N. [North] of the former place the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] indicates
the site of St. Trostan's chapel. An unenclosed
graveyard of small extent measuring some
60' x 45' marks the spot. It is entirely overgrown
with grass and weeds beneath which the
presence of numerous grave stone is evident.

[Margin] Broch
Dale
(12)

In a field on the W. [West] side of the road that
leads from Westerdale to Halkirk about
1/2 m. [mile] N by E. [North by East] of Dale is a mound covering
the remains of a broch. It has been of considerable
size but almost one half has been removed
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