Building record MHG1355 - Dale House
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 1297 5228 (20m by 20m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND15SW |
| Old County | CAITHNESS |
| Civil Parish | HALKIRK |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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ND15SW0021 Dale House, dovecot and walled garden
ND15SW0032 Dale House, broch
JHooper, 21/09/2001
West Caithness Local Plan, May 1987: P71/5.16. Amenity Woodland.
POLICY - The Council will encourage maintenance of areas of woodland important to amenity.
J Aitken : 22/05/01.
House, Dale. House dating from 16th century with landscaped grounds.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995
See also ND15SW 21 Westerdale, Dale House, Dovecot
Dale house as described. There is no trace of a broch.
Visited by OS (N K B) 19 February 1982
There is no evidence of a broch at Dale house. The house itself is a plain, harled building, oldest part of which was built in 16th century and occupies centre part of present building; it has three storeys. No historical association is attached to house. N and S wings were added in 1910 and 1933 respectively (info from Mrs M Threipland, Dale House, Westerdale).
Visited by OS (E G C) 14 April 1962.
Dale (NAT) on site of (NAT) Pict's House (NR)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 1st ed., (1877)
The present house of Dale occupies site of a broch now removed. About 1850 a cist, containing bones, was found when digging the foundations of some outhouses but owing to prevailing superstition it was destroyed by workmen before anyone in house could see it. A sandstone quern, which was found when house was built nearly 200 years ago, is still preserved.
J Anderson 1873.
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG1281 Text/Publication/Article: Anderson, J. 1873. ''Notice of the excavation of the brochs of Yarhouse, Brounaben, Bowermadden, Old Stirkake, and Dunbeath in Caithness; with remarks on the period of the brochs, and an appendix, containing a collected list of the brochs of Scotland, and early notices of m. Archaeol Scot. 131-98. 186.
- --- SHG2103 Text/Publication/Leaflet: Dale House. 1984. Dale House, Westerdale, Caithness: {sale particulars}.
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Record last edited
Aug 31 2009 4:07PM
