Monument record MHG39548 - Corn Drying Kiln, An Dun

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Location

Grid reference Centred ND 1020 2490 (10m by 10m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND12SW
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish LATHERON
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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Full Description

Minor deserted settlement comprising three buildings (one incorporated in the nearby broch outworks), a corn-drying kiln and field walls within an extensive area of former cultivation, now degraded pasture.
Visited by OS 9 November 1982.

A township comprising five unroofed buildings, two of which are long buildings, two enclosures and a head-dyke is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xlii). Four unroofed buildings, one enclosure and the head-dyke are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1964).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 23 November 1995.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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