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Thrumster

Quarry (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Thrumster

Classification Quarry (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 270836

Site Number ND34SW 185

NGR ND 32755 44075

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

ND34SW 185 32755 44075

This grass-grown quarry is situated in an area of rough pasture about 150m NNE of Melbourne Cottage farmsteading (ND34SW 183). It measures 9.4m from NNE to SSW by 4.3m transversely and it has been dug to a depth of 1m into the E face of a rocky knoll.

(YARROWS04 624)

Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 11 August 2004

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