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Scrabster Mains
Building (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Scrabster Mains
Classification Building (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 7813
Site Number ND06NE 42
NGR ND 0874 6982
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7813
- Council Highland
- Parish Thurso
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND06NE 42 0874 6982.
(ND 088 698) A grass-covered longhouse 21m E-W by 4m by 0.5m high, with internal divisions.
R J Mercer 1981.
(ND 0877 6977) A single unroofed long building, with a length of wall attached to it, which could be the longhouse mentioned by Mercer (1981), is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1876, sheet v). It is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1969).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 19 December 1995.
