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base of the rock. The sides of the eminence are
steeply scarped all round with an average
height of from 6' to 8'. Access has been gained
to the top from the S [South] end where the rock outcrops.
and curving across the level ground in front
are the remains of an outwash a stony mound at its greatest
distance 12' to 15' out. The structure itself
has been reduced almost to the foundations
except towards the N [North] where a small segment
of the inner face of the wall remains visible at
intervals for an arc (?) of 15'. while the outer
periphery is indicated by a low bank of debris
and occasional flat stones. These data
show that the building measured some
47' in diameter over all and had a wall
about 13'.6" in thickness. This allows for an
interior of only 18' or 19' which would be a
very small broch but excavation might
modify these dimensions. To the S. [South] of the
"broch" there is a suggestion of a wall curving
round from the W. [West] flank of the structure
to the opposite side
passing at about 20' out on the S. [South].
The ground falls sharply away to the S. [South]
as well as to the bed of the burn on the W. [West]
and the position commands a great

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