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Latitude: 58.5703 / 58°34'13"N
Longitude: -3.7241 / 3°43'26"W
OS Eastings: 299820
OS Northings: 965985
OS Grid: NC998659
Mapcode National: GBR K652.GTS
Mapcode Global: WH5BF.RVT9
Plus Code: 9CCRH7CG+49
Entry Name: Upper Dounreay Farm Steading
Listing Name: Upper Dounreay Farm Steading
Listing Date: 28 November 1984
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 348490
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB14989
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200348490
Location: Reay
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Thurso and Northwest Caithness
Parish: Reay
Traditional County: Caithness
Tagged with: Farmstead
Circa 1840-50. Large open square steading range; rubble with tooled rubble dressings. Main NW symmetrical 2-storey, 5 arcaded bay front with centre gabled bay with hoist loft entrance and outer single storey wings. Long 2-storey barn projects from rear of main front, dividing inner court in two and linked to back enclosing ranged of threshing mill and flanking stables and byres. Entrances to rear courts right and left of main front block, which has basket arched centre entrance and similar flanking cart bays (blocked at extreme left) all masked by modern sliding doors. Lean-to wheel house to rear against NE elevation of threshing barn, served by (blocked) lade. Graded Caithness roofs of varying heights.
Information per present owner. Steading built by Murkle Estate, and is similar to that at West Murkle (Thurso Parish, ND156 695) now much altered.
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