Monument record MHG19746 - Gillock Township

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Location

Grid reference Centred ND 2113 5952 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND25NW
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish BOWER
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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GR corrected to above from 1st ed OS. Smith recorded separately under ND25NW0020 - HAW 3/2004

ND25NW 28 Centred on 211 594
Longhouse (ND 2120 5953), 'Gillock'. Dimensions: 12 x 7m. Rectangular structure with a slab-tiled roof and modern structures attached to the S end and E wall. Orientation N-S.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995

The village of Gillock is depicted as three roofed buildings (one of which is a smithy at ND 2123 5946) on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheets xii & xviii) although the name was applied to what is now Gillock Mains Farm to the S. The village is shown as nine roofed buildings on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1994).
Information from RCAHMS (FO) 28 February 1996

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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