MHG1291 - Township, Oakerland
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Type and Period (1)
- TOWNSHIP (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)
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- None recorded
Full Description
'Acherland': 5 buildings shown W Roy 1747-55.
Oakerland (OS 6" map, 1963) a longhouse, 38 by 4m, largely reduced to a footing but surviving up to 1.6m in the centre. The merest vestiges of three structures lie nearby. In association is wasted walling and banking.
Visited by OS 16 March 1982.
A farmstead comprising an unroofed, long building with an attached enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1876, sheet xxvii). An unroofed, long building of three compartments is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1963).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 18 December 1995
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Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 1010 4670 (100m by 100m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND14NW |
| Civil Parish | HALKIRK |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/8247 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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