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Fort Grennan Point
About 1/2 m [mile] Westward of Drumtreddan Farm is
Grennan Point and here a long narrow promontory
of boulder clay rising to a height of 60' to 100' above the
shore line has been fortified by a trench some 22'
wide and 4' - 5' deep dug across it at the outer end
of the narrowest part about 110' from its distal end.
To landward of the trench the crest of the ridge is
from 4' to 6' wide. At the landward extremity there
are indications of another bank & ditch.

Doon Castle ? Broch
On the S. [South.] side of Ardwell Point a low peninsular
point of rock some 25' in elevation above the gullies
on either side projects from near the base
of a grassy heugh. On this rock are the
ruins of a circular construction which to
all appearances are those of a broch, though
probably excavation is necessary to render
the assumption certain. The neck of the
peninsula about half way along its length
some 80' from the land is traversed by a
natural trench and across this some 3'
below the natural level at either side has
been built a road way 22' long with an
average width of 7'. At 12' on from the
edge of the trench the foundations of a wall
are visible stretching from side to side of

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