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Hill Of Ulbster, Home Guard 'secret Hideout'
Observation Post (20th Century)
Site Name Hill Of Ulbster, Home Guard 'secret Hideout'
Classification Observation Post (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Thrumster
Canmore ID 270797
Site Number ND34SW 159
NGR ND 33198 42849
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/270797
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND34SW 159 33198 42849
A deep hole left from the removal of a Home Guard secret hideout measuring about 3m by 4m is visible near the summit of the Hill of Ulbster. It has a stone ramp concealing the lower side.
Information from G Leet, 29 April 2004.
The remains of what is locally thought to be a magazine are visible at the head of a steep-sided dry-gully on the NE flank of the Hill of Ulbster, 475m N of the abandoned radar station ND34SW 290. Subrectangular on plan, it is sunk into the slope to a depth of 1.6m on the N, W and S, measuring about 7.3m from NNW to SSE by 4.2m internally. On the E there is a thick, stony bank up to 3m in thickness and 1.2m in height. The entrance seems to have been by way of a narrow passage that breaks through the top of the slope on the S side, but it was obscured by vegetation on the date of visit.
If this was a magazine, it may have been associated with the possible machine-gun/observation post in the interior of the Ormiegill chambered cairn (ND34SW 2), which stands 80m to the NNE.
(YARROWS04 722)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 25 August 2004.
