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Bullbrest

Sheepfold (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Bullbrest

Classification Sheepfold (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 270684

Site Number ND24NE 31

NGR ND 26612 45857

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

ND24NE 31 26612 45857

This circular sheepfold is situated in poorly drained moorland 340m N of the remains of Bullbrest farmsteading (ND34NE 22). The fold measures 9.5m in diameter within a dry-stone wall 0.6m in thickness and 0.5m in height, and has an entrance on the S. It is first depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet XXIX).

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Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ATW) 8 September 2004

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