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MHG19483 - Farmstead, Meikle Burn

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Type and Period (3)

FARMSTEAD (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)
LONGHOUSE (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)
HORSE WHEEL (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)

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Byre-house ND 1670 6350 looking E © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 31122 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Byre-house ND 1670 6350 looking SE © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 31121 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Byre-house ND 1670 6350 looking E © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 31120 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Byre-house ND 1670 6350 looking NW © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 31119 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Byre-house ND 1670 6350 looking NW © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 31118 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Byre-house ND 1670 6350 looking SE © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 31117 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Byre-house ND 1670 6350 looking SE © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 31116 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Byre-house ND 1670 6350 looking SE © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 31115 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Byre-house ND 1670 6350 looking SE © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 31114 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Byre-house ND 1670 6350 looking NE © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 31113 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Byre-house ND 1670 6350 looking S © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 31111 (click to view a larger version of this image)

Byre-house ND 1670 6350 looking E © Highland Archaeology Services Ltd. id: 31110 (click to view a larger version of this image)

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Full Description

ND16SE 49 167 635

Longhouse (ND 1670 6350). Dimensions: 22.8 x 5.35m. Rectangular structure divided into four compartments, the NW unit a residence. Appended is an enclosure using the long wall of the longhouse measuring 22.8 x 9.4m. 4.5m NE of the longhouse lie the remains of a parallel structure only the short SE wall of which survives complete with horse walk whose mechanism is intact. Orientation NW-SE.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995

Three roofed buildings and an enclosure are depicted on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xii). One partially roofed building and an enclosure are shown on the current edition of the OS map (1970).
Information from RCAHMS (FO) 15 February 1996

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Location

Grid reference	Centred ND 1674 6347 (71m by 65m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	ND16SE
Civil Parish	BOWER
Geographical Area	CAITHNESS

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/91732 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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