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Nicolson's Cottages
Croft (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Nicolson's Cottages
Classification Croft (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Can 082
Canmore ID 9322
Site Number ND36SE 23
NGR ND 3725 6394
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/9322
- Council Highland
- Parish Canisbay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND36SE 23 3725 6394
A simple modern croft with no clear internal divisions measuring 8.75 by 5.4m and facing S.
An accompanying garden enclosure measures 10 by 7.5m.
C E Batey 1982.
Project (1980 - 1982)
Watching Brief (10 June 2009)
ND 3727 6392 A watching brief was carried out, 10 June 2009, on a house site next to a group of prehistoric ritual and funerary monuments which occupy a slight rise on the cliff edge. The site is on a thin almost pure peat soil, with evidence for drainage and attempts to bring it into cultivation in the late 19th century. The high peat content of the soil and the topography suggest that, until the introduction of improved draining methods, this area of ground was at best poorly drained and was probably marsh or even standing water. It would have been of little use for habitation or cultivation. There is the possibility that as marsh or water, it formed a natural barrier protecting and defining the ground containing the group of monuments.
Report: HCAU
Funder: Mr and Mrs Southgate
Catherine Dagg
