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Burnt Hill

Quarry (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Burnt Hill

Classification Quarry (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 271882

Site Number ND34SW 492

NGR ND 34304 44606

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Wick
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Caithness
  • Former County Caithness

Archaeology Notes

ND34SW 492 ND 34304 44606

The site of this quarry is marked by an area of heavily disturbed ground at the S end of a field of pasture, and lies immediately N of the farmstead ND34SW 334. The quarry, which measures about 20m across, is first depicted on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1907, sheet xxix).

(YARROWS04 953)

Visited by RCAHMS (ATW) 11 August 2004.

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