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Rinsary Homestead 500m WNW of Berriedale is a scheduled ancient monument in Caithness, north-east Scotland. The settlement lies on psammite bedrock of the Moine Supergroup, metamorphic rock formed during the Neoproterozoic era, which underlies much of the Scottish Highlands. This solid, weathered stone foundation would have provided the basic materials for construction and defined the landscape that Caithness communities worked and farmed.
The homestead occupies a position in the rolling terrain west-north-west of Berriedale, a settlement with deep roots in Norse and Gaelic history. Such domestic sites typically date from the medieval or early modern period, when scattered agricultural settlements across Caithness supported small families through cultivation and stock-rearing adapted to the northern climate.
The site is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under scheduled monument reference SM3473, acknowledging its importance to understanding the settlement patterns and domestic life of north Highland communities. The archaeology of such homesteads reveals how people organised their daily activities, built their structures, and maintained their connection to the land across generations.
Rinsary,homestead 500m WNW of,Berriedale is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3473. View the official record →
Rinsary Homestead 500m WNW of Berriedale is a scheduled ancient monument in Caithness, north-east Scotland.
Rinsary,homestead 500m WNW of,Berriedale is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM3473.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Langwell Castle or Achastle,230m E of Langwell House (1.2 km), Langwell House,cairn 400m SW of,Berriedale (1.4 km), Berriedale Castle (1.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Rinsary,homestead 500m WNW of,Berriedale's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Rinsary,homestead 500m WNW of,Berriedale stands on Moine Supergroup, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite.