Monument record MHG25077 - Torr Buie

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Location

Grid reference Centred ND 1395 5498 (30m by 30m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND15SW
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish HALKIRK
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

ND15SW 69 1396 5498

No trace was found of a building, which was depicted as unroofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1876, sheet xvii), during a pre-afforestation survey by J Wordsworth. It is not shown on the 2nd editon of the 6-inch OS map (Caithness, 1907, sheet xvii), although a well and a spring are marked.
J Wordsworth (Wordsworth Archaeological Services) 28 August 1997; NMRS MS 961/24, no.1

The 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1876, sheet xvii) does not depict a building at this location but marks both a well and spring at this location.
Information from RCAHMS (PM) 4 November 1998

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Wordsworth J. 1997. An Archaeological Survey of a proposed plantation at Dale Farm, Halkirk, Caithness. Wordsworth Archaeological Services. 10/1997. Digital (scanned as PDF).
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Wordsworth, J. 1997. Archaeological Survey of Proposed Woodland at Dale Farm, Halkirk, Caithness.

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Record last edited

Jul 4 2016 12:02PM

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