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Berriedale Castle.
On a tongue of rock projecting across
the mouth of the Berriedale river are the
remains of Berriedale Castle. The promontory
on which the castle stood has been cut off
from the high ground in rear of it by a
deep ditch across the neck. There have
been a double row of buildings along the
promontory separated by a narrow courtyard.
The remains are very scanty.

Berriedale Broch. (97)
High above the Berriedale water on its N. [North]
bank and about 1/4 m. [mile] W. [West] of Berriedale
church are the ruins of a broch. The structure
is much delapidated and reduced to the
lowest courses of masonry on the exterior.
In one or two places the outer face of the wall
formed of very large stones is exposed. The
diameter overall is 54' and the elevation
to the top of the conical mound surmounting
the ruins 7' - 8'. The position is flanked
on the W. [West] by the side of a deep glen and
in front by the high steep bank of the
Berriedale valley.

Broch, Upper Borgue.
Immediately in rear of the farm of
Upper Borgue are the ruins of a large
broch considerably overgrown with
vegetation. The entrance from ESE. [East South East] has

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