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Hornybach
Gravel Pit (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Hornybach
Classification Gravel Pit (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Canmore ID 270534
Site Number ND24SE 69
NGR ND 26196 44873
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/270534
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND24SE 69 26196 44873
This disused gravel-pit is situated immediately E of the Lybster to Watten public road, about 560m N of the Loch of Camster. Roughly subrectangular on plan, the shallow pit measures 8m from ESE to WNW by 4m transversely, and is situated immediately S of a trackway that leads out onto the open moor to the E. Two plastic pipes drain water into the pit from the N.
Two small gravel-pits, which are depicted on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1907, sheet xxix) about 10m to the SSW and 15m to the NNW respectively are no longer visible.
(YARROWS04 914)
Visited by RCAHMS (ATW) 28 September 2004.