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Torr Buie
Well (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Torr Buie
Classification Well (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 135644
Site Number ND15SW 69
NGR ND 1396 5498
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/135644
- Council Highland
- Parish Halkirk
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND15SW 69 1396 5498
No trace was found of a building, which was depicted as unroofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1876, sheet xvii), during a pre-afforestation survey by J Wordsworth. It is not shown on the 2nd editon of the 6-inch OS map (Caithness, 1907, sheet xvii), although a well and a spring are marked.
J Wordsworth (Wordsworth Archaeological Services) 28 August 1997; NMRS MS 961/24, no.1
The 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1876, sheet xvii) does not depict a building at this location but marks both a well and spring at this location.
Information from RCAHMS (PM) 4 November 1998
