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Broch Cross-Kirk (9)
At the edge of the rocks about 30 yds. [yards]
to the N. [North] of the ruined church of St. Mary's
Lybster are the remains of a large broch.
The structure has been broken into to a
small extent on the S. [South] from which
direction the entrance appears to have been.
The interior diameter is not accurately as:
:certainable without excavation but
has been approximately 30' - 32'. The thickness
of the wall is 14' to 15'. The circular mound
above the wall is some 6' above the ground
level on the exterior and 5' on the interior.
On the left of the position of the entrance
the sides of a chamber are visible in the wall.
On the exterior at the edge of the cliff for a
distance of some 20' a portion of wall about
4' - 5' is exposed. On the landward side
about 10' from the broch are
the remains of an outer bank or wall now
some 8' wide at base.

Horned round Cairn Lower Dounreay (18)
About 1 m. [mile] N.E. [North East] of Lower Dounreay and 1/4
m. [mile] back from the shore is a green hillock.
which appears to be a horned, round cairn.
It measures some (?) 6' in elevation; Across
the centre between the horns the diameter
is 58' and along the horns 70'. A large
stone near the centre of the concavity on

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