Shalligeo
Building (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Shalligeo
Classification Building (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Lat 240
Canmore ID 8585
Site Number ND23NE 18
NGR ND 2515 3512
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND23NE 18 2515 3512
A well-built, rectangular post-medieval structure 17 by 5m with walls 1m wide and upstanding to a maximum of 1m. There is an entrance in the S wall and one internal division, the small room to the E having an extensive rubble deposit.
C E Batey 1982.
A single unroofed building of two compartments is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xxxiv) and on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1977).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK), 24 November 1995.
Project (1980 - 1982)
Field Visit (1982)
A well-built, rectangular post-medieval structure 17 by 5m with walls 1m wide and upstanding to a maximum of 1m. There is an entrance in the S wall and one internal division, the small room to the E having an extensive rubble deposit.
C E Batey 1982.
