Monument record MHG951 - Township, Broubster Village

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Location

Grid reference Centred ND 0380 5950 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND05NW
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish REAY
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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The last inhabitant of Broubster Village left in 1952 (Info from W Forbes, Achiegallon Farm)
Visited by OS 13 November 1964.

What may be a planned village is depicted on 1st edition of OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xvi). It comprises four rows of buildings, one of which is partially roofed, round a square and nine buildings, one of which is partially roofed to rear of four rows.
Two of rows are partially roofed, with other two unroofed rows only part shown, and 6 unroofed buildings standing to rear of the rows are shown on current edition of OS 1:10,560 map (1963).
Info from RCAHMS (AKK) 15 September 1995.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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