Rinsary
Building (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Rinsary
Classification Building (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 97846
Site Number ND12SW 52
NGR ND 1160 2342
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND12SW 52 1160 2342
A single unroofed building is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xlii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10560 map (1964).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 23 November 1995.
Originally identified from cartographic evidence (the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xlii)) as an unroofed building, this structure has been re-interpreted as an enclosure during a pre-afforestation survey of Langwell-Rinsary Braes, Berriedale. It measures 14m from NE to SW by 7m with low, rubble and turf walls.
S Carter and J Rideout (Headland Archaeology) 3 March 1999; NMRS MS 899/141, no.10
