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drystone masonry rising almost from the water's edge
with a thickness of 6'.6" and though much delapi:
:dated still in places retaining a height of 7'. Towards the
W. [West] of the centre the island has been crossed by another wall
some 3'.6" in thickness which divided it into two unequal
divisions. Each of these divisions has had a
separate entrance through the main wall
diametrically opposite & on alternate sides of the
cross wall & they have been connected by an opening through. The S. [South] division has been entered from E. [East] while
the N. [North] one has been entered from the W. [West]. Each enclosure
contains the remains of a small rectangular house
with walls of 2'.6" in thickness now ruined and set
endways to the enclosing wall while adjacent
are the remains of one or two other small constructions.
A causeway has connected this island with the shore on
the W. [West] via a small islet which barely emerges above the surface
of the loch and it has been similarly connected at
the NW [North West] with the nearest of the two adjacent islands.
This latter island, entirely overgrown with thicket,
is surrounded at the water's edge by a low
wall of larger boulders occasionally set on
end. From a point at the SW. [South West] marked by two upright portal stones a causeway leads
to the small islet. A short distance to the ? W. [West] of
this island is the third divided into two parts by a constriction
near the centre. The S. [South] end is surrounded by a low boulder
wall with projecting arms 20' - 30' in length into the loch
where it crosses the island evidently to prevent stock passing
from one end to the other.

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