Caiteag
Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Caiteag
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) River Thurso
Canmore ID 8258
Site Number ND14NW 30
NGR ND 1312 4886
NGR Description Centred ND 1312 4886
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8258
- Council Highland
- Parish Halkirk
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND14NW 30 centred 1312 4886
Location formerly entered as ND 131 488.
Caiteag: A ruined farmstead comprising a longhouse, standing up to 1.7m high with associated footings and enclosures adjacent. One enclosure is still employed as a stock pen.
Visited by OS, 16 March 1982.
Longhouse farm (ND 1312 4886), Caiteag, comprising;
A: Longhouse. Dimensions: 44 x 8m. Rectangular structure divided into four units, overlying the earlier structures (D,E,F & G). NW unit contains a fireplace. Orientation NW-SE.
B: Enclosure. Dimensions: 20 x 14m. Irregular structure with a smaller enclosure attached to the SE corner 6 x 5m, part of the later phase. It lies 2m NW of A.
C: Enclosure. Dimensions: 20 x 14m. Irregular enclosure, joined to A and using part of its long wall. Part of the later phase.
D: Longhouse. Dimensions: 19 x 5m. Tripartite rectangular structure, part of the earlier phase of construction, 4m NE of A. Orientation NW-SE.
E: Longhouse. Dimensions: 15 x 5m. Tripartite rectangular structure, part of the earlier phase, 20m W of A. Orientation NW-SE.
F: Enclosure. Dimensions: 21 x 10m. Rectangular enclosure partly overlain by C.
G: Enclosure.Dimensions: 20 x 7m. Rectangular bipartite enclosure partly overlain by C.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995
A farmstead comprising four unroofed buildings, one of which is a long building, and two enclosures is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1876, sheet xxii).
Six unroofed buildings and three enclosures are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1963).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 27 November 1995.