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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PICT'S HOUSE (Remains of) [Upper Dounreay] | Pictish House No. 3 (Remains of) | Mr J. McDonald, Isauld William Sinclair Achullan Henry McKay Loanscorribest |
010 | A Pictish House situated upon the North of Upper Dounreay Farm & near to the Standing Stones in that district it has been very much destroyed, and at present has a small appearance. |
| BROUGH [1895] [Upper Dounreay] | Archaeologica Scotica vol [volume] 5, p. [part] 1 p [page] 186 | 010 | ||
| DOUNREAY BURN | Dounreay Burn | Mr J. McDonald, Isauld William Sinclair Achullan Henry McKay Loanscorribest |
010 | A small burn the continuation of Shebster Burn, it flows Northwards into Loch [Willigan], after which it is conveyed by a cut ditch to the Mill Lead of Lower Dounreay, it is well known by this name. |
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[Page] 47County 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]
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