Monument record MHG39800 - Byre, Dale Farm

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Location

Grid reference Centred ND 1337 5342 (50m by 50m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND15SW
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish HALKIRK
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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Full Description

Centred on 1365 5355 Mill Lade; Dam

Farm (ND 1338 5341), Dale. Old farm including a byre incorporated into a modern farm.
Longhouse (ND 1344 5337). Dimensions: 13.2 x 5.2m. rectangular tripartite structure defined by walls 0.5m high. Orientation NW-SE.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995

A large E-shaped building and two other roofed buildings (at ND 1339 5343 and ND 1345 5342) are depicted on the OS first edition of the 6-inch map (Caithness 1876, sheet xvii) and on the current edition (at ND 1344 5340 and ND 1345 5342) of the OS 1:10,560 map (1963).
Information from RCAHMS (FO) 15 March 1996

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Record last edited

Aug 22 2016 1:00PM

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