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Blackpark
Farm (Period Unassigned), Lade (Period Unassigned), Mill (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Sluice (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Blackpark
Classification Farm (Period Unassigned), Lade (Period Unassigned), Mill (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Sluice (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 94220
Site Number ND15NW 57
NGR ND 124 574
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/94220
- Council Highland
- Parish Halkirk
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND15NW 57 124 574
Longhouse farm, 'Blackpark', comprising;
A: Longhouse. Dimensions: 24 x 5m. The two NE units were added at a later date, the NE compartment containing byre slots and drain. Orientation NE-SW.
B: Outbuildings. A complex series of outbuildings, not typically linear, including a byre with a drain and a mill with extant mill machinery and a lade.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995
Three roofed buildings, a mill lade and a sluice are depicted on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1876, sheet xvii). Two roofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1970).
Information from RCAHMS (FO) 7 March 1996
