ND2248 : Farm of Kensary

3 km from Badlipster, Highland, Great Britain

Farm of Kensary
Farm of Kensary
Kensary is an isolated hill farm on reclaimed moorland in the Caithness Peatlands.
The '-ary' component of the placename indicates that the location was used for summer grazing before the farm was established. It appears as 'Hensery' on Sir John Sinclair's map of 1812, but as Kensary on John Thomson's 1822 map.
By 1907 the farm was equipped with a water-powered threshing mill, the water being led from a Dubh Lochan above the farm.
A further parcel of moorland was reclaimed in the 1960s but by the late 1970s the farmhouse was no longer occupied. Grazing still takes place there.
The sycamore trees were planted by the last occupant of Kensary, Mr William Gunn.
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ND2248, 2 images   (more nearby - lo-fi)
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david glass   (find more nearby)
Image classification
Geograph
Date Taken
Saturday, 30 August, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 30 August, 2008
Category
Farm   (more nearby)
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ND 221 481 [100m precision]
WGS84: 58:24.8850N 3:20.0528W
Photographer Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ND 221 481
View Direction
North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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