Monument record MHG19497 - Meikle Burn

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Location

Grid reference Centred ND 1695 6321 (55m by 39m)
Map sheet ND16SE
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish BOWER
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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Full Description

GR corrected to above from 1st ed OS - HAW 10/2003

ND16SE 52 169 632
Longhouse (ND 1697 6320). Dimensions: 20.25 x 5.2m. Rectangular tripartite structure, the SE unit residential, the NW unit probably functioning as a winnowing barn due to its opposing doors. There is a smaller structure nearby, 5 x 4m, containing a row of cubby holes. Orientation NW-SE.
Barn (ND 1700 6290). Range of roofed barns arranged on three side of a rectangle, still in use.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995

One roofed building and an enclosure are depicted on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness, sheet xii), but not on the current edition of the 1:10,560 map (1970).
Information from RCAHMS (FO) 15 February 1996

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Record last edited

Feb 10 2009 1:25PM

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