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Broch Scoolary (13. 6)
Some 30 yds. [yards] NW. [North West] of the upper of the two crofts at
Scoolary is a low artificial mound which has
been long under cultivation. It appears to
cover the ruins of a broch the wall of which
is encountered when the area is ploughed.

Alterwal Ruins (13)
In the corner of a cultivated field,
on the N. [North] side of a deep ditch running WNW [West North West]
and ESE [East South East] & about 1/2 m. [mile] to the S [South] of Alterwall are
the partially excavated remains of a dry
built structure. The plan is now quite
indefinite. The walls are about 5' in thickness
and the building is probably mediaeval.
A jug of hand made pottery formed
from red clay, with a handle at one side
and flat bottomed with a slight constriction at the neck was
found in fragments in the ruin. It has
been reconstructed, measures 8" in height and
is in the possession of Mr. John Nicolson, Nybster.

Murza Broch (8)
About 1/2 m. [mile] ESE. [East South East] of Murza Farm in
a field and under cultivation is a
mound which contains the ruins of a
broch. (The ground being under crop at
the date of visit no details were obtainable)

Bower Par. [Parish] Cairn
Moss of Tain (12)
At the S. [South] end of the Moss of Tain and by
the edge of the cultivated land to the N [North] of Bowermadden,
is a cairn-like mound somewhat oblong
in form lying with its longest axis NW. [North West] & SE [South East]

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