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of the broch some 22' distant from its base.
The entrance has been apparently through the
portion of the wall which has fallen, on the NE [North East].
The thickness of the wall is some 14' to 15' and
the diameter of the interior about 43'. At
several places the outer and inner faces of the
wall are visible beneath the debris. The tower
appears to have been surrounded at 2'.7" from
its base by a wall, visible at the edge of the
goe, 4'.9" in thickness. Some 22' from
the tower are the remains of the encircling
bank a section of which is visible on the
side of the goe, and which appears to have
been surmounted by a wall a small
portion of which displaced is visible on the E [East].
In front of this rampart is a ditch some
18' in width and now at most about 4' in
depth with a low mound along the
top of the counterscarp.

Cairn Borrowstoun Mains (Unnoted)
Some 100 yds [yards] to the W. [West] of the broch at Borrow:
:stoun Mains also at the edge of the cliff is a
cairn with a diameter of some 80' and
an elevation of 10' - 11'. It is grass covered
except towards the W. [West] where the elements have
prevented the growth of vegetation. On the
summit at the W [West] side 1' below the surface

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