MHG39796 - Smerary

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Type and Period (1)

  • SHEEP FOLD (Undated)

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Full Description

Smerary, The remains of the farmstead are obscured and largely overlaid by a modern sheepfold. An old corn-drying kiln survives in fair condition.
Visited by OS 16 March 1982.

A farmstead comprising two conjoined unroofed long buildings, one of which is T-shaped, what may be another unroofed building and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1876, sheet xxii). Four unroofed structures and three enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1963).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 27 November 1995

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Location

Grid reference Centred ND 1200 4780 (40m by 40m) (2 map features)
Map sheet ND14NW
Civil Parish HALKIRK
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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