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Mains Of Applecross

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Oblique aerial view of Mains of Applecross, taken from the  WNW.
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Paving overlying passage fill
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Outermost wall of broch in W corner
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Removal of stone reveals deposit of mixed bones in NW end of passage
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A team member photographs bone deposit
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Fallen slab: overburden removed to reveal cut of passage
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Fallen slab: overburden removed to reveal cut of passage
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W face (outer wall inner face) of intramural passage
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Deposits within passage as left at end of 2009 season
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Outer wall, in situ wall-facing stones and collapsed wall-fill, to left, rubble fill of intramural passage
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Detail of outer wall face stonework
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SW wall face, with loose backfill mixed deposits to left, above wall is orange ash deposit then rubble of broch outer wall
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In foreground, compacted rubble and earth of possible later ramp corresponding to linear bank exposed in 2008, in background, outer wall and outer outer
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The outer wall of the broch on day 5
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Outside north part of outer wall, rubble
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Outside north part of outer wall, rubble, outer face of OW in foreground, looking down from above
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Trench 1 extended, emergence of outer, outer walls
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North intramural passage, detail of inner wall outer face
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Trough lying in entrance passage to south intramural
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Trough lying in entrance passage to south intramural. Paving ramp to right
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Possible lintel stone and, above, rubble fill of collapse into passage
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Possible lintel stones of souterrain and rubble fill of collapsed stone
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Outermost wall, in front, outer outer wall behind and broch outer wall face just visible at back
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Stone setting in courtyard, dark matrix rich in shell fragments
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