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Gansclet
Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Gansclet
Classification Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 270889
Site Number ND34SW 217
NGR ND 33962 44878
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/270889
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND34SW 217 33962 44878
This quarry, which is situated 220m NNW of the former school at Gansclet, has been filled in and its site is now marked by a growth of weeds that spreads from the edge of a cultivated field into a private garden. As depicted on both the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xxix; 1907, sheet xxix) the quarry measured about 47m from N to S by 16m transversely. It had gone out of use by the beginning of the 20th century and is annotated 'Old Quarry' on the later map.
(YARROWS04 661)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 12 August 2004.
