Bullbrest
Sheepfold (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bullbrest
Classification Sheepfold (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 270684
Site Number ND24NE 31
NGR ND 26612 45857
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/270684
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND24NE 31 26612 45857
This circular sheepfold is situated in poorly drained moorland 340m N of the remains of Bullbrest farmsteading (ND34NE 22). The fold measures 9.5m in diameter within a dry-stone wall 0.6m in thickness and 0.5m in height, and has an entrance on the S. It is first depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet XXIX).
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Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ATW) 8 September 2004
