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Melbourne Cottage, Quarry
Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Melbourne Cottage, Quarry
Classification Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 270837
Site Number ND34SW 186
NGR ND 32786 43947
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/270837
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND34SW 186 32786 43947
This disused quarry, which is situated about 100m E of Melbourne Cottage farmsteading (ND34SW 183), is marked by a craggy exposure of bedrock in an E-facing rise. Now largely grass-grown, the exposure measures 11.5m from N to S and 0.6m in height. The quarry is not depicted on either the 1st or 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xxix; 1907, sheet xxix).
(YARROWS04 628)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 11 August 2004
