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Whiteleen

Quarry (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Whiteleen

Classification Quarry (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 270917

Site Number ND34SW 235

NGR ND 32148 42946

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 235 32148 42946

This disused sandstone quarry is situated in rough pasture about 40m W of Whiteleen farmsteading (ND34SW 126). Irregular on plan, it measures about 10m from NE to SW by up to 2m transversely and it has been into the slope on the NW to a depth of 1.4m.

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 385)

Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 15 June 2004.

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