Monument record MHG19225 - Wolf Burn Distillery

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Grid reference Centred ND 1024 6817 (43m by 57m)
Map sheet ND16NW
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish THURSO
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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ND16NW 83 1027 6818
Once an extensive distillery...but the track of it only remains. It was in working order as late as 1850.
Name Book 1876, Book 11, 91

Wolfburn (also Wolf Barn), Caithness (exact location unknown).
M S Moss and J R Hume 1981

A single unroofed building, annotated as Wolfburn Distillery, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1876, sheet v). It is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1985). Info from RCAHMS (AKK) 20 December 1995.

NB GR corrected to above from 1st ed OS
"Wolfburn Distillery (In Ruins)" marked on 1st ed OS V long linear building NW-SE, attached another thinner. Smaller one to E of both but on same alignment. No buildings are marked in this area on 2nd ed OS - HAW 2/2003

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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