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Burn Of Sinnigeo
Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Field Boundary (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Burn Of Sinnigeo
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Field Boundary (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 90657
Site Number ND27SW 41
NGR ND 217 747
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/90657
- Council Highland
- Parish Dunnet
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND27SW 41 217 747
See also ND27SW 24 (Possibly the same strctures as that at ND 2178 7465)
This farmstead comprises a longhouse, orientated N-S, which measures 22m x 6m and has two internal divisions. It is associated with an enclosure, similarly orientated, which measures 26m x 21m and has walls standing to a height of 0.5m. There are also two walls both 0.5m in height which measure 70m and 50m respectively.
R J Mercer 1980-81
A farmstead comprising one unroofed long building with an attached enclosure, and a length of field wall are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1876, sheet i), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1976).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 16 January 1996
