Whiteleen
Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Whiteleen
Classification Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 270921
Site Number ND34SW 239
NGR ND 32195 43097
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/270921
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND34SW 239 32195 43097
This disused sandstone quarry is situated in rough pasture about 135m N of Whiteleen farmsteading (ND34SW 126). Irregular on plan, it measures about 5m from E to W by up to 2 transversely and 1m in depth.
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 390)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 15 June 2004.
