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MHG61818 - Building and enclosure - Achnacly, Broubster

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A building and the remains of two enclosures at Achnacly, Broubster.

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A building and the remains of two enclosures at Achnacly, Broubster.

An archaeological survey of an area of ground proposed for planting at Blar an t-Suidhe, Broubster, Caithness, was conducted as part of an environmental assessment in 2000 by J. Wordsworth.

Site 1: An unnamed longhouse at ND 0464 5967 outside the survey area. It is likely that the two features formed part of the same settlement with the kiln being abandoned c1838. The house was still roofed in 1872 but derelict by 1905. <1>

An unroofed building was identified in LiDAR data gathered by AOC Archaeology in 2011 as part of the mitigation for the visual impact on the archaeological landscape associated with the proposed Baillie Hill windfarm, Caithness. An unroofed building oriented NE/SW, 23m in length with four visible compartments. <2>

On the OS 1st Edition 6" map the building is within an enclosure, with a smaller square enclosure to the south. There are possible slight indications in the LiDAR data that the larger of the two enclosures may originally have been larger still. The building, potentially a small farmstead, is probably associated with the corn drying kiln to the southeast (see MHG29219).

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Grid reference	Centred ND 0466 5968 (166m by 155m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	ND05NW
Civil Parish	REAY
Geographical Area	CAITHNESS

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