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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

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Wick
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Caithness
  • Former County Caithness

Archaeology Notes

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.

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