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Dalemore

Farmstead (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Dalemore

Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Daltimore

Canmore ID 8249

Site Number ND14NW 22

NGR ND 141 493

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Halkirk
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Caithness
  • Former County Caithness

Archaeology Notes

ND14NW 22 141 493.

'Daltimore: c.4 Buildings shown

W Roy 1747-55

Four turf-covered rectangular footings about 0.5m high, two of which are longhouses. The larger is 19.0 by 4.5m and has adjoining at right angles a barn or byre. Extensive associated field banks occur in the vicinity. Visited by OS 16 March 1982.

A farmstead comprising two roofed and three unroofed buildings and an enclosure is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1876, sheet xxii). Five unroofed buildings 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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