Perhaps ninety feet high, it had the same concave wall as Hector"s, with the parapet overlooking the loch, and a single narrow, tall entrance. She had heard the guards patrol all night; their muttered conversations, together with the screaming of the eagles, had broken the silence. Now, a single black crow hopped along the shore of the loch, bedraggled under the drizzling rain.
"How does it look?" Bradan asked.
"Strong," Melcorka said. "We can"t scale these walls by day without being seen by the watchmen, and there is only one gateway in and that will have a guard, the same as Hector"s broch. The guards are always on the parapet and seem to be watchful. In addition, there are two boats on patrol in the loch. The Osprey is secure within his nest."
"There will be a causeway." Tuath joined
