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About 1/2 m [mile] S.E [South East] of Occumster Railway Station
there rises a grassy mound from the

Broch Occumster. (18)
middle of the arable crofts containing the
ruins of a broch. The mound rises some:
:what to a point and has an elevation
at highest of some 12'. Its diameter overall
is about 80'. No part of the structure is
visible

Broch (31)
Rising from the N. [North] end of a rocky ridge
about 1/2 m. [mile] N. by W. [North by West] of Occumster Railway
Station and immediately in rear of the
buildings of a croft on the W. [West] of the Camster
Road are the remains of a broch. The
mound formed of the ruins has been to some
extent dug into from the top and E. [East] side
and stones have been removed from it at no distant
date but no part of the structure is
exposed. The tower has measured over
all some 68' and the present elevation of
the mound is about 6'. There is a
circular depression on the summit
with a diameter of 20' or thereby. Between
the base of the broch and the steep
slope of the ridge on the N. [North] a terrace
has been formed or left running out
towards the N and S. [North and South] with a breadth of

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