Upper Thrumster
Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Upper Thrumster
Classification Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 271463
Site Number ND34NW 48
NGR ND 34559 45687
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/271463
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND34NW 48 ND 34559 45687
This disused quarry is situated in a field of rough pasture 340m SE of Upper Thrumster farmsteading (ND 34354 45979). Irregular on plan, it measures about 14m from NW to SE by a maximum of 10.5m transversely and up to 1.5m in depth at its SE end. The quarry is not depicted on either the 1st or 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1876, sheet xxx; 1907, sheet xxx).
(YARROWS04 426)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, IF) 29 September 2004.
