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Forss are the ruins of a broch. The outer face
of the walls is at several places exposed showing
a diameter over all of some 58'. The greatest
elevation is 4' to 5'. A considerable amount of
stone is exposed on the surface but the broch
does not appear to have been excavated.
The situation is on an outcrop of rock with
a burn flowing by the foot of it on the S. [South].

Reay. Stemster Broch, (34)
Some 200 yds. [yards] SSE. [South South East] of the farmhouse of
Stemster is a grassy knoll at the W. [West] end of
which are the remains of a broch. The situation
is a slight hollow at the top of a long slope
up from the left bank of the Forss water
and the broch is in consequence not seen from
the valley below. The sides of the mound
are steeply scarped to a height of about 8' but
at the base on the NNW [North North West] a built face is ex:
:posed showing that the mound has probably
been reveted. The elevation of the
part of the mound containing the ruins
is about 5' and its diameter 70'. No part
of the structure is visible. Over the top
are a number of circular hollows from
2' to 3' in depth and varying from 10' to 15'
in diameter which appear to be the remains
of secondary constructions. The edge of

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