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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 653425

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/653425

ND12SW 22 1074 2327.

(ND 1074 2327) Pict's House (NR) (site of)

OS 6" map, Caithness, 1st ed., (1871)

'A Pictish dwelling stood here, but on the improvement of the land it was totally removed; the spot, however, on which it stood may be distinguished from the appearance of its soil which is of a sandy nature.'

Name Book 1871.

The site falls in a field. There is no trace of any structure here.

Visited by OS (J M) 23 November 1982.

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