MHG1257 - Farmstead, Halmie

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Type and Period (1)

  • FARMSTEAD (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

A farmstead containing one unroofed long building and two enclosures, and an unroofed building are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xxxviii). It is similarily shown, but with the addition of a further unroofed building, on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1962).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 5 January 1996.

Remains of deserted crofted settlement comprising buildings, enclosures and field walls. Strip cultivation is in evidence.
Visited by OS 6 August 1982.

Halmie - 5 buildings shown. W Roy 1747-55.

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Map

Location

Grid reference Centred ND 1180 3340 (100m by 100m) (2 map features)
Map sheet ND13SW
Civil Parish LATHERON
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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