Monument record MHG977 - Hut Circle or "Picts House", Carnavagry

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Grid reference Centred ND 0967 6128 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND06SE
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish HALKIRK
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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Site of (NAT) Pict's House (NR) OS 6"map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1876)

This Pictish house has been destroyed for many years and nothing is now visible. It was well known by this name.
Name Book 1872.

At the site is a low, natural rise under a standing crop at the time of field investigation. The farmer has no knowledge of a 'Pict's House' here, and has found no unusual concentrations of stone.
Visited by OS (N K B) 17 August 1981.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 4, 43.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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