Monument record MHG1302 - Farmstead, Caiteag

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Location

Grid reference Centred ND 1309 4880 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND14NW
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish HALKIRK
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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Full Description

Caiteag: A ruined farmstead comprising a longhouse, standing up to 1.7m high with associated footings and enclosures adjacent. One enclosure is still employed as a stock pen.
Visited by OS 16 March 1982

Longhouse farm (ND 1312 4886), Caiteag, comprising;
A: Longhouse. Dimensions: 44 x 8m. Rectangular structure divided into four units, overlying the earlier structures (D,E,F & G). NW unit contains a fireplace. Orientation NW-SE.
B: Enclosure. Dimensions: 20 x 14m. Irregular structure with a smaller enclosure attached to the SE corner 6 x 5m, part of the later phase. It lies 2m NW of A.
C: Enclosure. Dimensions: 20 x 14m. Irregular enclosure, joined to A and using part of its long wall. Part of the later phase.
D: Longhouse. Dimensions: 19 x 5m. Tripartite rectangular structure, part of the earlier phase of construction, 4m NE of A. Orientation NW-SE.
E: Longhouse. Dimensions: 15 x 5m. Tripartite rectangular structure, part of the earlier phase, 20m W of A. Orientation NW-SE.
F: Enclosure. Dimensions: 21 x 10m. Rectangular enclosure partly overlain by C.
G: Enclosure.Dimensions: 20 x 7m. Rectangular bipartite enclosure partly overlain by C.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995

A farmstead comprising four unroofed buildings, one of which is a long building, and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1876, sheet xxii). Six unroofed buildings and three enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1963).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 27 November 1995

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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