Borrowston
Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Borrowston
Classification Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 270872
Site Number ND34SW 201
NGR ND 33202 44217
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND34SW 201 33202 44217
This disused quarry is situated at the edge of a cultivated field 460m NNE of Borrowstone farmsteading (ND34SW 315). Roughly oval on plan, it measures about 33m from NE to SW by a maximum of 19m transversely; its interior is waterlogged and there is a low mound of spoil on the E side. The quarry is first depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xxix), but it had gone out of use by the beginning of the 20th century and is annotated 'Old Quarry' on the 2nd edition of the map (1907, sheet xxix).
(YARROWS04 681)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 12 August 2004.
