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Ordnance Survey - Caithness county, OS Name Books - Caithness county - Volume 9 - Parish of Reay, OS1/7/9

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County of Caithness -- Parish of Reay

Pictish House (Remains of) No 1 [crossed out]
Mr Brown the tenant
of of Upper Dounreay
informed me that
what is shewn as
Pictish House (site of): is the site of an old turf and stone sheepfold
Erected by the late Mr Patterson when tenant
of Dounreay and Isauld - One of the oldest inhab-
itants in the district William Henderson, Achraemie and an intelligent man too - tells me the same
fact.
[signed] G. Hobson

[Note Pictish House No. 3 (Remains of)]
Large stones set on
End appear a foot
or two above the
surface. It seems
to have been a Cham-
-bered Cairn, divided
into compartments by
these upright stones
like the rest of the
Chambered Cairns of Caithness
[Signed] G. Hobson

[signed] Matthew BanKs C.A. [Civilian Assistant]

Ordnance Survey - Caithness county, OS Name Books - Caithness county - Volume 9 - Parish of Reay, OS1/7/9

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Reay.

Ordnance Survey - Caithness county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Caithness, which is in the north of Scotland.

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