MHG1853 - Enclosure, Clais Na Goilean

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Type and Period (1)

  • ENCLOSURE (Post Medieval to 20th Century - 1560 AD? to 2000 AD?)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

A rectangular divided enclosure with horticultural infill.
OS 6" map, Caithness, 1st ed., (1871)

A possible structure comprising a roughly square enclosure, 21.3 by 24m, with grass-covered banks and traces of walling, 1.3m in average thickness. The E wall is fragmentary. Possibly post-medieval to modern. C E Batey 1982

GIS spatial data amended in 2018 according to location as seen on 2009 vertical APs. <1>

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Map

Location

Grid reference Centred ND 2880 3619 (37m by 35m) (2 map features)
Map sheet ND23NE
Civil Parish LATHERON
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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