Monument record MHG39778 - Dale House

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Location

Grid reference Centred ND 1297 5228 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND15SW
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish HALKIRK
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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ND15SW0021 Dale House, dovecot and walled garden
ND15SW0032 Dale House, broch
JHooper, 21/09/2001

ND15SW 16 1297 5227.
(ND 1927 5227) Dale (NAT) on site of (NAT) Pict's House (NR)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 1st ed., (1877)

The present house of Dale occupies site of a broch now removed. About 1850 a cist, containing bones, was found when digging the foundations of some outhouses but owing to prevailing superstition it was destroyed by workmen before anyone in house could see it. A sandstone quern, which was found when house was built nearly 200 years ago, is still preserved.
J Anderson 1873.

There is no evidence of a broch at Dale house. The house itself is a plain, harled building, oldest part of which was built in 16th century and occupies centre part of present building; it has three storeys. No historical association is attached to house. N and S wings were added in 1910 and 1933 respectively (info from Mrs M Threipland, Dale House, Westerdale).
Visited by OS (E G C) 14 April 1962.

Dale house as described. There is no trace of a broch.
Visited by OS (N K B) 19 February 1982

House, Dale. House dating from 16th century with landscaped grounds.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995

See also ND15SW 21 Westerdale, Dale House, Dovecot

West Caithness Local Plan, May 1987: P71/5.16. Amenity Woodland.
POLICY - The Council will encourage maintenance of areas of woodland important to amenity.
J Aitken : 22/05/01.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Anderson, J. 1873. ''Notice of the excavation of the brochs of Yarhouse, Brounaben, Bowermadden, Old Stirkake, and Dunbeath in Caithness; with remarks on the period of the brochs, and an appendix, containing a collected list of the brochs of Scotland, and early notices of m. Archaeol Scot. 131-98. 186.
  • --- Text/Publication/Leaflet: Dale House. 1984. Dale House, Westerdale, Caithness: {sale particulars}.

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Record last edited

Aug 31 2009 4:07PM

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