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measuring about 2' square down one side of
which are seven steps formed of three flags built into the wall
so that there is a clear space between each and
the stair is almost perpendicular. The shaft at
the bottom curves slightly to the right & measures
4' x 2'. The lower portion is entirely cut out of the
rock. The depth from the level of the original
building to the lowest exposed floor level is 9'.2".

18th Aug. 1910. Olrig Thurdistoft. (13)
In the middle of a cultivated field out 1/4 m. [mile]
S [South] by W. [West] of the farm of Thurdistoft to the E [East] of
Castletown are the remains of a broch. The
outer face of the wall is exposed almost all round to
a height of from 2' to 3' but the exact position
of the entrance is obscured by vegetation. The
diameter over all is 66', and the greatest
elevation about 6'. There is no indication
that the interior has been excavated.
Bicycling on to Dunnet I met John Nicolson
& his nephew, a schoolmaster in Perth.

[Margin] Dunnet church

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Dunnet church is a building which may
date from the 17th century. Its most characteristic
feature is a high gabled tower with its roof
in the same line as the roof of the church,
placed against the centre of the W. [West] wall. The
tower measures 19' x 6'-3'. The church
presents no other feature of interest.

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