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MHG28694 - Minera Farmstead

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ND13SE 111.00 1554 3470

ND13SE 111.01 ND 1554 3468 Buildings

The farmstead of Minera is situated immediately to the N of the broch ND13SE 13 and comprises a main range of buildings running E and W, with several outbuildings immediately S of its W end, and at least two, and possibly three, other buildings to the SE of the E end (ND13SE 111.01). The buildings, that are still roofed are presently covered with sheets of corrugated iron, but they have been thatched at some point. The roofless building at the E end of the main range has cruck-slots visible, and there is evidence of rebuilding in at least two parts of the range.
Minera is described in the OS Name Book as a ?small " Hamlet" in Houstry: the property of Mrs B J Sinclair of Freswick? (Name Book 1870) and is depicted as partly roofed on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1870-2, sheet xxxiii).
Visited by RCAHMS (SPH, DE) August 1997

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Grid reference	Centred ND 1564 3458 (369m by 309m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	ND13SE
Civil Parish	LATHERON
Geographical Area	CAITHNESS

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