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Hill Of Ulbster
Sand And Gravel Workings (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Hill Of Ulbster
Classification Sand And Gravel Workings (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 270804
Site Number ND34SW 168
NGR ND 33487 42414
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/270804
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND34SW 168 33487 42414
This gravel-pit, which is still in use, is situated immediately E of the rough track that climbs the E flank of the Hill of Ulbster, some 350m N of Mains of Ulbster farmsteading (ND34SW 304). Irregular on plan, with an entrance on the SW, the pit measures about 42m from N to S by 26m transversely and about 3m in depth at its centre. The pit had not been opened when the area was recorded on an RAF vertical aerial photograph taken on 27th June 1947 (CPE/SCOT/UK/225, print 3157).
(YARROWS04 731)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 25 August 2004
