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Torrancroy

Quarry (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Torrancroy

Classification Quarry (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 137487

Site Number NJ31NW 103

NGR NJ 3378 1582

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Strathdon
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Gordon
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ31NW 103 3378 1582

The overgrown remains of a roadside quarry lie 140m ESE of Torrancroy farmstead (NJ31NW 47). It measures about 15m from WNW to ESE by 10m transversely and up to 1.8m in depth on the NNE and quarry probably dates from the period between 1869 and 1903. It is not depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Aberdeenshire, 1869, sheet lx), but its position is indicated on the 2nd edition of the map (1903, sheet lx) by an area of rough ground between the improved field to the N and the public road to the S.

Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ATW), 4 March 1998.

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