Monument record MHG19501 - Roadside

ND16SE 65 178 618

Longhouse farm, comprising:
A: Longhouse. Dimensions: 24 x 25m. Rectangular structure comprising four units defined by banks 0.5m high with a horse walk along NE wall. Orientation NW-SE.
B: Longhouse. Dimensions: 15.5 x 5.1m. Rectangular structure defined by upstanding walls divided into two compartments, both of which contain fireplaces. Built at right angles to A. Orientation NE-SW.
Barn. Roofed barn range, still occupied.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995

Five roofed buildings are depicted on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xii). Two roofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1970).
Information from RCAHMS (FO) 19 Februaury 1996