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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

Archaeology Notes

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

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