Langwell House
Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Langwell House
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 97848
Site Number ND12SW 53
NGR ND 1123 2330
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND12SW 53 1123 2330
A single unroofed long building of two compartments 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.
This farmstead, situated on a moderately-sloping site above valley floor on the SW of the Berriedale Water, was recorded during a pre-afforestation survey of Langwell-Rinsary Braes, Berriedale. It comprises two attached buildings forming the E side of an enclosure. The larger building on the N, measures 18m by 4m; the smaller building measures 12m by 3m.
S Carter and J Rideout (Headland Archaeology) 3 March 1999; NMRS, MS/899/141, no. 8.
