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formed of four slabs set on edge, which have been sup:
:posed to be fireplaces. One measures 4' by 2' and
2'.5" deep; the other 3'.3" by 2'.8" and 1'.4" deep.
Almost opposite the entrance towards the back is
a small pit or well, squarish about 1'.3" in diameter but
now only 1'.2" in depth. The original covering stone
remains. To keep it in position a notch has been
cut in one side which fits over a pointed stone
set firmly in the floor along side. A drain
lintelled over passes out under the entrance passage.
The outbuildings are well built. The articles
found in this broch included a long handled
bone comb, several portions of quern stones
and saddle querns, and an upper stone of
a rotary quern ornamented with radial
grooves and flutings, but without a central
perforation. (Also, John Nicholson tells me,
a bronze pin with a circular ring head
& a bent neck, the head being at right angles to the
stem. As well as the whale bone "quern" before
mentioned.)

[Margin] Canisbay
Sgarbach
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On the shore about 1/4 E [East] of Auckingill school
is a high cliff promontory of a curved form
bearing the name Sgarbach. The landward
end is crossed by a well constructed wall
of dry masonry some 62' in length, 12'.6" in
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