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Achnabeinn

Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval)

Site Name Achnabeinn

Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Head Dyke (Post Medieval)

Canmore ID 7725

Site Number ND05NW 38

NGR ND 043 571

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Reay
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Caithness
  • Former County Caithness

Archaeology Notes

ND05NW 38 043 571.

ND 043 571 Achnabeinn 5 buildings shown on Roy's Map.

W Roy 1747-55

Un-roofed in 1872 OS 6" 1872

OS 6"map, Caithness, 1st ed., (1872)

A farmstead comprising three unroofed buildings, two of which are long buildings, a head-dyke and an enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xvi). Four unroofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1963).

Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 15 September 1995.

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