Stemster
Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Stemster
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 91757
Site Number ND16SE 56
NGR ND 175 626
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Bower
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND16SE 56 175 626
Longhouse (ND 1756 6262). Dimensions: 19.4 x 5.5m. Rectangular tripartite structure, the central unit of apparent residential function, the E end a byre containing two slots. A parallel structure lies 5m S, measuring 10.75 x 5m with an annexe 3 x 5m attached to its W end. Orientation E-W.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995
Three roofed buildings surrounded by several enclosures are shown on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xii). Only one of these roofed buildings is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1970).
Information from RCAHMS (FO) 15 February 1996
