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Gansclet
Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Gansclet
Classification Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 270880
Site Number ND34SW 208
NGR ND 33470 44450
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/270880
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND34SW 208 33470 44450
This disused quarry has been dug into the E face of a low rise in a field of pasture 150m WNW of Gansclet farmsteading (ND34SW 207). It forms an irregular exposure of rock measuring 58m in length from NNW to SSE by 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 666)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 12 August 2004.
