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Thrumster Mains
Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Thrumster Mains
Classification Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 270944
Site Number ND34SW 255
NGR ND 33214 44962
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/270944
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND34SW 255 33214 44962
This disused quarry is situated close to the W edge of a field of rough pasture about 230m S of Thrumster Mains farmsteading. It has been dug into the E-face of a low rise and is now marked by a ragged exposure of bedrock measuring about 1.2m in height and 68m in length from NNE to SSW. 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 648)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 11 August 2004.
