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Whiteleen

Quarry (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Whiteleen

Classification Quarry (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 270916

Site Number ND34SW 234

NGR ND 31923 42890

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Wick
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Caithness
  • Former County Caithness

Archaeology Notes

ND34SW 234 31923 42890

Several small outcrops 265m WSW of the ruins of Whiteleen farmstead (ND34SW 126) have been quarried for stone. 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 349)

Visited by RCAHMS (ATW), 1 July 2004.

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