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Haimer
Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Haimer
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 90951
Site Number ND16NW 85
NGR ND 1422 6714
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Thurso
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND16NW 85 1422 6714
There is a stone taken out of the ruins (of the Castle of Haimer ND16NW 8), and now built into the farmhouse, on which is the date 1726.
Name Book 1872. (Book No. 11, 169)
The stone dated 1726 was not located in the now semi-ruinous farmhouse.
Visited by OS (J M) 1 October 1981
A farmstead comprising three roofed buildings, one unroofed building, one unroofed structure and three enclosures, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1876, sheet v). One roofed building and four enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,000 map (1985).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 20 December 1995
Castle, of Haimer. No trace of the castle, the site of which now lies within the kailyard of a longhouse. The longhouse has been adapted to
serve as a modern barn. Orientation NW-SE. Visited 1986.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995
