Monument record MHG38947 - Enclosure, Halmie

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Grid reference Centred ND 1179 3339 (60m by 60m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND13SW
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish LATHERON
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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Halmie - 5 buildings shown. W Roy 1747-55.

Remains of deserted crofted settlement comprising buildings, enclosures and field walls. Strip cultivation is in evidence.
Visited by OS 6 August 1982.

A farmstead containing one unroofed long building and two enclosures, and an unroofed building are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xxxviii). It is similarily shown, but with the addition of a further unroofed building, on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1962).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 5 January 1996.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Roy, W. 1747-55. Military Survey of Scotland. sheet 37/1.
  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Morrison, A. 1992. ''Halmie' (Latheron parish): prehistoric cairn', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1992, p.40. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 40. 40.

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Oct 31 2011 1:45PM

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