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Burn Of Swartigill
Sheepfold (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Burn Of Swartigill
Classification Sheepfold (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Swartigill Burn
Canmore ID 271469
Site Number ND34NW 52
NGR ND 32136 45569
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/271469
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND34NW 52 32136 45569
This circular stone-built sheepfold is situated in peaty moorland about 840m NW of Thrumster Mains Cottage (ND 32834 45068). It measures 12.2m in diameter within a drystone wall 1m in thickness by 1m in height, and there is an entrance on the SE. The fold is depicted on both the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xxix; 1907, sheet xxix).
(YARROWS04 517)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, IF) 27 July 2004.
