Monument record MHG27532 - Dunnet, St John's Loch

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Location

Grid reference Centred ND 2189 7196 (60m by 60m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND27SW
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish DUNNET
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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Created automatically by NMRS Register Utility
User: Admin, Date: Fri 10 Mar 2000
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ND27SW 54 2190 7196, 2196 7189 and 2195 7185

ND 2190 7196. A long-house (building), 24m E-W by 6m by 2m high, divided internally. ND 2196 7189. A rectangular, grass-covered structure, 30 by 13m, with two depressions in the centre. ND 2195 7185. A rectangular, banked, grass-covered enclosure, 6 by 5m by 0.25m high.
R J Mercer 1981

The building is depicted as roofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map, (Caithness, 1872), sheet 6. There is a small roofed building immediately to the S and an enclosure, possibly a garden to the N.
Information from RCAHMS (DE) June 1997

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Mercer, R J. 1981. Archaeological field survey in northern Scotland: volume II, 1980-81. University of Edinburgh. 30/12/1981. Paper and Digital. 107, No. 5.

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Record last edited

May 13 2016 12:00AM

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