Monument record MHG18906 - Enclosures - E of Achkeepster, Baledavist

ND15SE 18 169 515
Two conjoined enclosures, one of which contains cultivated ground, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xxiii), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1976).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 23 November 1995

Only enclosures shown at this general GR are on the E side of the road. GR corrcted to above from 1st ed OS. <1>

Hooper: Drovers Appear to have converged on this area before moving south; the enclosures on the other side of the road to Achkeepster were used as holding pens (Innes Miller pers comm). <2>

This site was visited by D Glass in 2012. It was described as a stock enclosure adjacent to the A9 road and lying to the east of it. The Mybster electricity sub-station was immediately north of the site. The enclosure was in the form of a parallelogram of dimensions 154 metres by 67 metres. Earthen dykes contained the enclosure and divided it into two compartments of approximately equal size. The dykes had spread to a width of two to three metres and were reduced to a height of one metre or less. There were openings in the west and east walls of the northern compartment. <3>