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Ushat Head
Building (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Ushat Head
Classification Building (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 8020
Site Number ND07SW 5
NGR ND 0489 7085
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Thurso
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND07SW 5 0489 7085.
Surface mounds suggesting an early oblong building with rounded ends can be seen at Ushat Head, at the edge of the bank above the rocks, about 1/2 mile E of Mains of Brims.
RCAHMS 1911.
At ND 0489 7085 on the cliff edge is the feature almost certainly noticed by the RCAHMS. It is the footing of a rectangular building measuring about 6.0m E - W by 3.0m transversely within traces of a turf-covered wall about 1.0m wide. The E end appears to have rounded corners; the W end has been eroded exposing the dry-stone work of its wall about 0.5m high. Its condition is too poor to allow better assessment.
Visited by OS (I S S) 20 April 1972.
The footings of a building of unknown date and purpose as described by previous OS field investigator. No further information.
Visited by OS (N K B) 13 August 1981.
