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ruins of a broch. As far as ascertainable
the diameter over all has been some 60'.
The greatest elevation which is on the side
away from the river is 9' to 10'. On this
side a trench appears to have been cut
separating the portion of the rock on which
the broch stands from the bank in rear of it.
Very beautiful is the valley of the Dunbeath
Water at this point. Hemmed in by high
wooded banks and bare red scaurs the
river rushes round great white
boulders which stud its bed, and flecks
with foam the surfaces of the dark pools which
sleep beneath the rocks.

Broch Balantrath Dunbeath (40)
In the highest of the cultivated fields
about 1/3 m. [mile] WSW. [West South West] of ?Balantraith Lodge is
a grassy mound containing the ruins
of a broch. The outline of the broch is
not recognisable but the diameter of
the mound is 70' and its greatest
elevation 11'. Much of the ruin has
apparently been removed.

Allt a' Bhuailteach. Dunbeath. (40)
On the left bank of the Allt a Bhuail:
:teach about 1/3 m. [mile] W. [West] of ?Balantraith Lodge
are the foundations of what appear
to have been a number of connected

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