Monument record MHG19815 - Backlass

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Grid reference Centred ND 2090 5370 (30m by 30m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND25SW
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish WATTEN
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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ND25SW 58 209 537

Longhouse (ND 2093 5377). Dimensions: 25 x 5m. Rectangular structure divided into four compartments . An outhouse 7 x 3m lies 6m N and it is also associated with a low enclosure 13 x 15m, orientation NE-SW.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995

A roofed building is depicted on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map (caithness 1877, sheet xviii), but not on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1994).
Information from RCAHMS (FO) 20 March 1996

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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