Blackstobbs
Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Blackstobbs
Classification Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 271008
Site Number ND34SW 356
NGR ND 31736 40149
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/271008
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND34SW 356 ND 31736 40149
This disused roadside quarry, which is situated at the E end of a field of rough pasture 70m S of the modern house at Blackstobbs, measures about 37m from NE to SW by up to 15m transversely and up to 2m in depth. The rock-face forming the rear of the quarry is largely free of vegetation, but the rest is grass-grown. Some field-cleared stones have been dumped into the S end. The quarry is depicted on 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1907, sheet xxix).
(YARROWS04 766)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 26 August 2004.
