I wonder if any one can help. Was there a foundling hospital in Caithness? I realise that abandoned babies can be left anywhere but I recently found on a 1861 census return an entry for a pauper foundling --Thurso Clairden Highmuir This may not be the correct spelling of the place names but I'm copying it from a transcript not the actual document. The child was about 8 years old , female and born about 1853. I just wondered f there was an actual place for these poor wee souls that mums could leave them instead of on the street. Did the babies go to the poorhouse if no one would take them in? Any information please !! Thanks Sylvia.