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Tongside

Farm (Period Unassigned), Sluice (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Tongside

Classification Farm (Period Unassigned), Sluice (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 94252

Site Number ND15NW 59

NGR ND 103 570

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Halkirk
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Caithness
  • Former County Caithness

Archaeology Notes

ND15NW 59 103 570

Longhouse farm (ND 1040 5708), 'Tongside'. Originally a quadrangular farm altered into an E-shaped, still occupied.

R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995

Four roofed buildings and a sluice are depicted on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1876, sheet xvii). Three roofed buildings are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1970).

Information from RCAHMS (FO) 7 March 1996

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