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Langwell
Building (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Langwell
Classification Building (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Langwell Water
Canmore ID 135062
Site Number ND02SE 39
NGR ND 0931 2217
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/135062
- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND02SE 39 0931 2217
See also ND02SE 6.
A long building, situated on the crest of a slope falling away to the Langwell Water on the N, was recorded by Headland Archaeology during a pre-afforestation survey (NMRS, MS/899/93, no.15). The building measures 34m from WNW to ESE by 6m externally and has rubble-built walls up to 0.8m thick and 1.5m, or seven courses, high. A 15m long, slightly curving wall forms a partition some 14m from the W end with a second partition wall, broken by a doorway, lying 3m from the W end. Doorways on the S side of the building lead into the two rooms formed by the partitions. A 5m break in the S wall lies to the E of the major partition wall.
The enclosure lying to the E of the hut-circle (ND02SE 6) may be associated with the long building.
C Moloney and L Baker (Headland Archaeology) 13 July 1998; NMRS, MS/899/93, no.15.