Monument record MHG18917 - Achkeepster

GR corrected to above from 1st ed OS - HAW 6/2003

A farmstead comprising one roofed, long building and two unroofed buildings, and four enclosures are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xxiii). A roofed building and two enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1976).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 8 January 1996

The settlement of Achkeepster consists of the shepherd's cottage built in 1901, an extremely long, multi-compartmental building, aligned NE-SW, a well and a series of small enclosures. Allowing for the later construction of the cottage and its adjacent outhouse and the insertion of wire fences, the layout of the enclosures around the buildings seems to reflect that visible on the OS First edition. An inn is recorded at this location in documentary references. <1>

A series of watching briefs, within and outside Achkeepster Cottage, were carried out in 2004. A survey of the group of buildings at this site was carried out. A building survey was also conducted of the shepherd's cottage prior to conversion into a sub station associated with the windfarm at Causeymire. <2>