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Thrumster, Sarclet
Enclosure (20th Century)
Site Name Thrumster, Sarclet
Classification Enclosure (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Q/k; Rose Cottage; Mains Of Ulbster, Hillhead
Canmore ID 271633
Site Number ND34SW 311.08
NGR ND 33919 43138
NGR Description ND 33919 43068
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/271633
- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
Field Visit (24 August 2004)
ND34SW 311.08 33919 43068
This enclosure is situated on the E side of the airfield complex, in a field of rough pasture adjacent to the W side of the Thrumster to Mains of Ulbster road. Roughly rectangular on plan, it measures 16.5m from ESE to WNW by 11m transversely over a ditch up to 4.5m in breadth and 0.5m in depth. Like the adjacent enclosures to the SSW (see ND34SW 311.07) the function of this enclosure is not known, but vertical aerial photographs taken on 6 February 1941 (NLA 1, 24-25) show upstanding features here, perhaps replicating the buildings and hangars at the corresponding position at Wick.
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Visited by RCAHMS (ATW) 24 August 2004
