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pass through which a road runs to Kildonan

Loth
[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 4.

in Strath Helmsdale. It is a mass of debris
about 12' high among which the faces of the
walls can with difficulty
be perceived.

[Sketch inserted]

The diameter over all
is about 55': thickness
of walls about 12' where
measurable, and interior
diameter 31' to 32'. Though
only the top of the wall is
visible here and there, beneath
the ruins it may stand for a considerable
height. The entrance appears to have been
from the WSW. [West South West] or river side but details of it
are unobtainable. Some 27' to the N [North] of the supposed entrance the
back wall of a chamber is reached. The
chamber is accessible through a hole in the
roof 3' long. It is largely filled with debris
and is about 8' long by 4' wide, - 30' from
its N. [North] end is another chamber largely filled with
debris the inner wall of which is traceable
to the Southward for 36' and has evidently
formed one side of the stair. The entrances to
the chambers are not visible. On the
SE. [South East] are the remains of an outer wall about

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