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Castle Of Haimer
Barn (Period Unassigned), Building (Period Unassigned), Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Castle Of Haimer
Classification Barn (Period Unassigned), Building (Period Unassigned), Castle (Medieval)
Canmore ID 8503
Site Number ND16NW 8
NGR ND 1423 6713
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8503
- Council Highland
- Parish Thurso
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND16NW 8 1423 6713.
(ND 1423 6713) Castle of Haimer (NR) (site of)
OS 6" map, (1971)
Castle of Haimer or Castle of Haimer (site of): There are some small portions visible and the farmer is still turning up part of its ruins. There is a stone taken out of the ruins, and now built into the farmhouse, on which is the date 1726.
Name Book, 1872
There is no trace of a castle at the site.
Visited by OS (E G C) 18 April 1962
No change to the previous field report. The stone dated 1726 was not located in the now semi-ruinous farmhouse.
Visited by OS (J M) 1 October 1981
Haimer Castle. A platform 10m in diameter and 1m high, with a circular, grass-covered stone structure with stone slabs in the centre. Eight courses of walling are visible on the NNW side, and the WSW side is cut into by a building.
R J Mercer 1981
Castle, of Haimer. No trace of the castle, the site of which now lies within the kailyard of a longhouse. The longhouse has been adapted to serve as a modern barn. Orientation NW-SE. Visited 1986.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995.
