Monument record MHG56820 - Farmstead - Buailemor, Halkirk

Summary

A farmstead consisting of two buildings, stone dykes, a pen or enclosure and a possible kiln at Buailemor, Halkirk.

Location

Grid reference Centred ND 0918 4265 (123m by 63m)
Map sheet ND04SE
Operational Area CAITHNESS SUTHERLAND AND EASTER ROSS
Civil Parish HALKIRK
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The site was visited and photographed by D Glass in April 2009 and April 2013. He described the site as:
"A farmstead consisting of 2 buildings with their long axes aligned approximately NW-SE.
The Southern building is rectangular, 9.2 metres long and 4.2 metres wide. The walls stand to a height of one metre and there are signs of crude repair in places. There is a single entrance on the North side. A well-preserved kiln is situated at the East end.
The Northern building lies parallel to the Southern building and is 14 metres from it. This is a long building 26.7 metres long and 4 metres wide. It has 3 compartments. One of the dividing walls is not bound into the external walls and might be later addition or a rebuild. The walls stand to a height of up to one metre.
Stone dykes abut the SW corners of both buildings.
Parallel to the North building and spaced 3.3 metres from its North side there is a grassed-over and less well-preserved rectangular structure of similar dimensions. The remaining walls are discontinuous. This might be a second long building but appears more likely to be a pen.
A cast iron flue pipe set into a corrugated iron roof ridge section was found in the vicinity of the buildings.
The First Series OS Six Inch map depicts a single roofed building." <1>


<1> Glass, D, 2013, Information on Buailemor Farmstead (Text/Record Form). SHG26408.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Text/Record Form: Glass, D. 2013. Information on Buailemor Farmstead. Yes. Digital.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jun 27 2014 2:23PM

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