Meikle Burn
Building (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Meikle Burn
Classification Building (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 91744
Site Number ND16SE 53
NGR ND 1712 6322
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Bower
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND16SE 53 1712 6322
Longhouse (ND 1713 6322). Dimensions: 27.2 x 5.3m. Rectangular structure divided into four compartments, the central units apparently residential, the SE unit a later addition, also containing a fireplace. A horse engine is attached to the long wall. Orientation NE-SW.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995
One roofed building and three enclosures are depicted on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xii). One unroofed building is shown here on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1970).
Information from RCAHMS(FO) 15 February 1996