[2] The broch is surrounded by outer defences consisting of the remains of four concentric ramparts on the landward side.

[2] A large number of artefacts, including a significant quantity of worked bone objects, were discovered.

[2] These include a cross-slab with ogham inscription, painted pebbles and part of an iron bell of Celtic type.

The second phase went on for a long time, as there were clear Pictish elements among the finds, from as late as the 7th to the 9th centuries AD.

[2] Two items (the cross-slab and the iron bell) suggest early Christian activity, although there is as yet no other evidence for monastic settlement.