Badbea
Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Badbea
Classification Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Lat 307
Canmore ID 7410
Site Number ND01NE 10
NGR ND 073 196
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND01NE 10 073 196
A series of three post-medieval to modern croft complexes comprising buildings ranging from 6.2 to 18m in length and 4.3 to 5.3m in breadth, and yards 16 by 18m and 12.2 by 10.5m.
C Batey 1982.
A township, comprising one roofed building, one partially roofed building and nine unroofed buildings, three of which are long buildings and two of these are L-shaped, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xliv).
Fourteen unroofed buildings, of which seven have two or more compartments, seven enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1964).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK), 23 November 1995.
Project (1980 - 1982)
Field Visit (1982)
A series of three post-medieval to modern croft complexes comprising buildings ranging from 6.2 to 18m in length and 4.3 to 5.3m in breadth, and yards 16 by 18m and 12.2 by 10.5m.
C Batey 1982.
