Hillhead
Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Hillhead
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Wic 194b
Canmore ID 9074
Site Number ND34SW 65
NGR ND 34421 43815
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND34SW 65 34421 43815.
A modern four to five roomed croft measuring 39 to 5m, its ruinous and largely turf-covered walls standing 2.8m high. Shown roofed in 1871.
C E Batey 1981; OS 6" map, Caithness, 1st ed., (1871)
The remains of this farmstead are situated in a field of improved pasture 150m S of Stonecroft and comprise the grass-grown wall-footings of a range measuring 37m from NW to SE by 5m transversely over all. The range, which contains five compartments, has been built on a slight slope that falls NW to SE.
The 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xxx) depicts the range as two separate roofed structures of unequal length, and it also shows a subdivided garden plot to the SSW. The 2nd edition of the map shows no significant changes, save that the wall subdividing the garden is not shown (1907, sheet xxx).
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Visited by RCAHMS (ATW) 11 August 2004
Project (1980 - 1982)
Field Visit (1981)
A modern four to five roomed croft measuring 39 to 5m, its ruinous and largely turf-covered walls standing 2.8m high. Shown roofed in 1871.
C E Batey 1981; OS 6" map, Caithness, 1st ed., (1871)
