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Ham,chambered cairn 180m north west of,Brough

A Scheduled Monument in Thurso and Northwest Caithness, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.6459 / 58°38'45"N

Longitude: -3.3142 / 3°18'51"W

OS Eastings: 323820

OS Northings: 973865

OS Grid: ND238738

Mapcode National: GBR L55W.BHZ

Mapcode Global: WH6CD.2Y2B

Entry Name: Ham,chambered cairn 180m NW of,Brough

Scheduled Date: 22 November 1933

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM454

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn

Location: Dunnet

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Thurso and Northwest Caithness

Traditional County: Caithness

Description

Circa 1800. 2-storey and attic, 3-bay house with 2 shops at ground. Squared and coursed rubble to E elevation; remaining elevations random rubble. Droved ashlar dressings. Raised cills and quoins. Base course.

E (HIGH STREET) ELEVATION: late 19th century shop front to right (continuing across No 5 High Street) with recessed door (No 3) to left; boarded apron and iron canopy fixtures. Late 19th century Art Nouveau detailed, taller shop front to left with recessed door at centre (No 1 High Street); multi-pane fanlight to glazed door with flowing tracery detail at top; geometric tiled floor to vestibule and timber shop gate; dentilled cornice, moulded flowing curvillinear stem detail to fascia; wrought-iron bracket fixture to left. Regular fenestration at 1st floor, close under eaves.

S (OLD EDINBURGH ROAD) ELEVATION: 2-bay corniced fascia continuing from E elevation and detailed similarly. 2 plate glass display windows in right bay; left bay painted with margined entrance (No 1 Old Edinburgh Road) to house passage. 2 windows to right and left of centre at 1st floor. Attic window off-centre to left, with wrought-iron window guard.

W ELEVATION: window at 1st floor in narrow bay to left. Later piended block adjoined to remaining bays.

N ELEVATION: adjoined to Nos 5 and 7 High Street (see separate listing).

Variety of small-pane and plate glass glazing patterns in largely sash and case windows. Rooflight to E. Coped skews and crowstepped stack to S. Grey slates.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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