Melbourne Cottage, Quarry
Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Melbourne Cottage, Quarry
Classification Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 270843
Site Number ND34SW 192
NGR ND 32987 44205
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/270843
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND34SW 192 32987 44205
This disused quarry is situated in gorse 400m NE of Melbourne Cottage farmsteading (ND34SW 183). Roughly oval on plan, it measures about 18.3m from NE to SW by 12.3m transversely and has been dug to a depth of about 1.5m into an E-facing slope. The grass-grown interior is partly filled with stones cleared from the field adjacent to the E. 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) and appears to respect a rectangular, stone-walled enclosure (ND34SW 251) that lies immediately to the W. The enclosure is shown on both editions of the OS map.
(YARROWS04 634)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 11 August 2004
