Whiteleen
Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Whiteleen
Classification Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 270806
Site Number ND34SW 171
NGR ND 32693 42423
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND34SW 171 32693 42423
This disused quarry is situated at the S edge of an improved field of pasture 280m SE of Whiteleen farmsteading (ND34SW 126). Roughly oval on plan, the pit, which is water-filled and overgrown with rushes, measures 13.5m from NW to SE by 11.5m transversely.
The pit is depicted on the latest edition of the Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 map (1976).
(YARROWS04 734)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 25 August 2004.
