Borrowstone
Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Borrowstone
Classification Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 270892
Site Number ND34SW 219
NGR ND 32837 43650
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND34SW 219 32837 43650
This disused quarry is situated at the edge of a cultivated field 155m SSW of Borrowston farmsteading (ND34SW 315). Roughly oval on plan, it measures about 19m from N to S by a maximum of 15m transversely and it has been dug into a gentle E-facing slope to a depth of about 1.2m. The quarry, which is partly filled with field-cleared stones, 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 690)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 12 August 2004.
