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Hunspow, Heath Cottage
Poor House (19th Century)
Site Name Hunspow, Heath Cottage
Classification Poor House (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Dunnet
Canmore ID 118868
Site Number ND27SW 68
NGR ND 2113 7286
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/118868
- Council Highland
- Parish Dunnet
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND27SW 68 2113 7286
The Poor House for the parish of Dunnet is depicted as roofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map, (Caithness, 1876, sheet 1), it is still shown roofed on the latest edition of the OS 1:10000 map, (1976) with a second building at right angles unroofed. The Ordnance Survey Name Book (ONB) states that the building was 'a temporary Poorhouse for destitute persons of this parish- those who have not sufficient means of properly providing such themselves' (ONB 1872).
Information from RCAHMS (DE) June 1997
