What is recorded here
Castletown, Butcher's Lane, 3 - 4 Swanson's Buildings were workers cottages built in the 19th century and occupied into the 20th century. They stand in Highland, Scotland, where ordinary people lived, worked and raised families beside the lane's daily noise. The small buildings still belong to that time, holding the shape of hands that hammered, carried and rested inside them.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castletown, Butcher's Lane, 3 - 4 Swanson's Buildings as Workers Cottage(s) (19th Century) - (20th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
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Places near here
Castletown, Main Street, Free Church and HallChurch (mid 20th Century), Meeting Hall (early 20th Century) - (mid 20th Century), School (mid 19th Century) - (late 19th Century) · 75 yd
Olrig Parish War MemorialMemorial · 139 yd
Castletown, Main Street, War MemorialWar Memorial (20th Century) · 148 yd
Castlehill Heritage CentreMuseum · 822 yd
GarthEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 897 yd
CastlehillBroch (iron Age)(possible), Inhumation (viking) · 999 yd
Olrig CemeteryCemetery (period Unassigned) · 1160 yd
Dunnet BeachBeach / strand · 1.4 mi
Thurso CastleCastle (17th Century) · 4.4 mi
Britannia: Thurso Bay, Pentland FirthSchooner (19th Century) · 5.3 mi
Jonge Thomas: Easter Head, Dunnet Head, Pentland FirthCraft (18th Century) · 5.5 mi
Easter HeadHeadland · 5.6 mi