Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760 . ) ^ Near Alness. - River Alness. ^ The name of this Broch is variously written—Dun Agglesag, Dun-alishaig,Done-Alliscaig, etc. See Maitlands Hist. Scot., 1757, vol. i. p. 145; AncientMonuments and Fort, in Highlands, by James Anderson ; Archaeologia (Lond.).vol. V. p. 248 ; Antiq. North of Scot., by Cordiner, 1780, p. 118 ; Scot, in PaganTimes, by Dr. Joseph Anderson, 1883, p. 1S5. 11 I) TOrU THROUGH SCOTLAND, 17G0. twelve feet and a halt in tliickness. Over the iloor, which isabout three feet wide, is a stone in shaj^e of a jnraniid ; wliatremains is about
Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760 . ) ^ Near Alness. - River Alness. ^ The name of this Broch is variously written—Dun Agglesag, Dun-alishaig,Done-Alliscaig, etc. See Maitlands Hist. Scot., 1757, vol. i. p. 145; AncientMonuments and Fort, in Highlands, by James Anderson ; Archaeologia (Lond.).vol. V. p. 248 ; Antiq. North of Scot., by Cordiner, 1780, p. 118 ; Scot, in PaganTimes, by Dr. Joseph Anderson, 1883, p. 1S5. 11 I) TOrU THROUGH SCOTLAND, 17G0. twelve feet and a halt in tliickness. Over the iloor, which isabout three feet wide, is a stone in shaj^e of a jnraniid ; wliatremains is about fifteen feet higli. Ei^ht feet and a half fromthe outside is an entrance on each side two feet broad ; thatto tlie ri(2;ht leads to a room which is a kind of oval, five feetwide in tlie broadest part, and sixteen feet lon^, to w-hich. rTTi 111111 L A ScALt or [fO f ooT Plan of an AnticiU Castle. there seems to liave been another entrance at the otlier end,and from that a passage is continued round to the entranceo])posite to the gateway; this passage is two feet )()site to this entrance, I ol)served on the outside, there hadbeen a square hole, now filled uj) with stone, merely to give KDDERTON, KIM AUDLNK, UOSEHALL. Ili5 liii,lit ; coiitiiuiin«>; rouiul tliciv is ;i three feet six incheswide, with four steps down to the middle on the other side,where there is another entrance from the court, and from thisI suppose there was such an apartment as on the other court is ahout thirty feet in diameter. The huil(Un<;- setsin and lessens every tier on the outside, and it seemed to me tobe strait uyt within. There is no mortar on the huililing, butthe stones are fine and laid so as to bind one another. Theround castles at Bernera are of this kind, which are en<;ravedin Gordon.^ We came
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