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Ousdale
Township (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Ousdale
Classification Township (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Lat 317a-g
Canmore ID 7422
Site Number ND01NE 9
NGR ND 069 187
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
NC01NE 9 069 187.
A post medieval croft complex with yards and kilns. The five crofts range from 4 by 7m to 23.5 by 5m, all except the smallest being subdivided. One kiln, 6.25 by 4m, with its flue surviving, lies adjacent to a stream. The other kiln relatively upstanding, with steps and flue surviving, is set into a bank.
C Batey 1982
A township comprising three unroofed buildings, two of which have adjoining enclosures and the other is a long building, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xliv). Six unroofed buildings, of which five are sud-divided, and two 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 post medieval croft complex with yards and kilns. The five crofts range from 4 by 7m to 23.5 by 5m, all except the smallest being subdivided. One kiln, 6.25 by 4m, with its flue surviving, lies adjacent to a stream. The other kiln relatively upstanding, with steps and flue surviving, is set into a bank.
C Batey 1982
