Monument record MHG49417 - Bowermadden

Summary

A farmstead depicted on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map c.1872.

Location

Grid reference Centred ND 23403 64530 (54m by 61m)
Map sheet ND26SW
Civil Parish BOWER
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

NMRS Report: (21/09/2006 11:36:10)
ND26SW 62 23398 64539.

This ruinous farmstead comprises two parallel ranges, the longer lying on the NW being the better preserved and still standing 1.9m in height at the wallhead over roughly coursed flagstone walls. This range is divided into three compartments, that on the NE being a round-ended kiln barn with opposing doors. The second range may have been a cottage. The farmstead is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map, and by 1907 a horse-engine had been added to the NW side of the barn (Caithness 1877 and 1907, sheet xii). The site was visited in 1993 and 2000.
Information from RCAHMS (ARG) 19 July 2006 <1>

Photographs of the kiln barn were submitted to the HER in March 2010 by David Barclay of Caithness Planning Office. <2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 279491.
  • <2> Image/Photograph(s): Barclay, D. 2010. Photographs of various HER sites. Colour. Yes. Digital.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Apr 9 2010 2:18PM

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