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been entered from the adjoining enclosure
past the inner circle of the cairn, which may
represent a bee-hive hut.

Langwell Cairn (unnoted)
Situated about 1/4 m. [mile] SW [South West] of Langwell House
in the wood some 40 yds. [yards] S. [South] of the Avenue
is a large cairn. It measures some 60' in
diameter and 5' in elevation. A number of
small trees are growing on it and there
is no sign of it having been excavated.

Langwell Castle (10)
At the foot of the park in front of Langwell
House are the scanty ruins of Langwell Castle.
It seems to have been a large rectangular
keep. Some 26' of the N. [North] wall to a height of
about 10' remain. The walls have been
5'.6" in thickness. The interior is full of
ruins and the plan is not obtainable.
The castle has stood at the extremity of the
high ridge forming the watershed between
the waters of Berriedale and Langwell
and on the N. and W. [North and West] where not protected
by the steep banks it has been enflanked
by a broad deep ditch.

Broch Allt Bad a' Choilich Berriedale
On a spit of land to the E. [East] of the Allt
Bad a' Choilich beside the path up the
Berriedale water about 1 m. [mile] NW. [North West] of
Langwell House are the dilapidated

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