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in diameter and 6' to 8' in height, while a
depression on the summit indicating the
extent of the court measures 27' in diameter
On the N. and W. [North and West] sides are still visible the
remains of an encircling wall about 12' out
from the apparent base of the broch crossing
the scarp of the mound with is about 6' in
height.

Broch Burn of Latheronwheel. (88)
Perched on the edge of the high W. [West] bank of the
glen of the Burn of Latheronwheel about 1/3 m [mile]
below the road bridge are the ruins of
a broch. They are almost entirely covered
with vegetation but for a short distance
on the S. [South] the wall is exposed to a height of
2' or 3' for a distance of some 10', and also at
the same place a portion of what appears
to be an outer scarcement. The diameter
of the structure over all is 53' and
the elevation of the mound about 10'.
The weather is thoroughly broken and
there has been a good deal of rain throughout
the day.

28th July 1910. Mounds. Dunbeath (unnoted)
Bicycled to the Dunbeath strath.
On both sides of the road which leads
from Dunbeath to Achnaclyth and about
1/2 m. [mile] above the influx of the Houstry Burn

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