Monument record MHG1323 - Site of Cairn or Broch, E End Sinclair St, Halkirk

Summary

This was once the site of a cairn or broch. It was removed in the mid C19.

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Grid reference Centred ND 1348 5952 (14m by 14m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND15NW
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish HALKIRK
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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GR corected to above - HAW 8/2004

No change. Visited by OS (J B) 23 December 1981.

Pict's House (NR) (Site of) OS 6" map, Caithness, 1st ed., (1877)

There is neither stone nor hillock at site of this Pictish house, which stood at E end of Sinclair Street. It was destroyed a number of years ago by a tenant of the croft on which it was situated. Nothing worthy of notice was found in its ruins.
Name Book 1872.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 4, 80.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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