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Whiteleen
Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Whiteleen
Classification Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 270920
Site Number ND34SW 238
NGR ND 32142 43066
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/270920
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND34SW 238 32142 43066
This disused sandstone quarry is situated in rough pasture about 30 NW of Whiteleen farmsteading (ND34SW 126). Irregular on plan, it measures about 20m from N to S by up to 3m transversely and 1m in depth on the W.
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 383)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 15 June 2004.
