. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. re merely sufficient to enablehim to conjecture that the building must be classed among the Brochs,and the whole of the details have since been worked out by Sir FrancisBarry, Bart. The Broch is a dry-built circular tower, having a wall 12 ft,thick, enclosing an area, or court, 38 feet in diameter and open to thesky. The entrance faced the sea, but on that side only the foundations 298 KOYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND. remain. The wall on the land side remains to a height of about 12 the left of the entrance a doorway in
. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. re merely sufficient to enablehim to conjecture that the building must be classed among the Brochs,and the whole of the details have since been worked out by Sir FrancisBarry, Bart. The Broch is a dry-built circular tower, having a wall 12 ft,thick, enclosing an area, or court, 38 feet in diameter and open to thesky. The entrance faced the sea, but on that side only the foundations 298 KOYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND. remain. The wall on the land side remains to a height of about 12 the left of the entrance a doorway in the interior wall gives accessto the stair constructed in the thickness of the wall, which presumably ledup to a series of circular galleries superimposed above each other, withopenings for light looking into the interior court, as may still be seen inthe more entire Brochs of Mousa, Glenelg, and Dun Carloway. Thereis a blocked entrance with a guard chamber on the opposite side of thecourt. Throughout the interior are remains of secondary constructions,. Keiss Road Broch. Foundation courses of exterioi-wall of older structure.(From a Photograph by Sir F. T. Barry,Bart.) the foundations of which are placed on the delris at various levels,showing successive phases of occupation. Out-buildings of variouskinds surround the exterior in a very irregular manner. Among theobjects found have been pieces of rude pottery—several with impressedchevrony ornamentation—two small pieces of Roman Samian ware,a small crucible with a portion of melted bronze adhering to thebottom of the interior ; bone pins and implements of deer-horn, includinga long-handled comb with eight prongs on the toothed end; a mould, a PROCEEDINGS. 299 lamp, and a rudely-shaped cup of sandstone; several grain rubbers, anda large stone mortar, similar to those used for husking barley. Amongthe food refuse were bones of the common domestic animals and birds,including the Great Auk, antlers of red deer of great size, a
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