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Borrowston
Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Borrowston
Classification Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 270856
Site Number ND34SW 221
NGR ND 33222 43763
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/270856
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND34SW 221 33222 43763
This disused quarry is situated within a cultivated field 290m E of Borrowston farmsteading (ND34SW 315). Roughly oval on plan, it measures about 40m from N to S by a maximum of 10m transversely and it has been dug into an E-facing rise to a depth of at least 2.5m. 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 685)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 12 August 2004.
