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Heddle Hill
Limestone Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Heddle Hill
Classification Limestone Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 296139
Site Number HY31SE 72
NGR HY 3558 1306
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/296139
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Firth
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
Watching Brief (12 August 2008 - 14 August 2008)
HY 355 130 Drift deposits were removed by machine from bedrock on 12–14 August 2008 in advance of mineral
quarrying. No archaeological remains were identified.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended). Report: Orkney SMR and RCAHMS
Funder: Orkney Aggregates, Kirkwall, Orkney
Dave Lawrence (ORCA), 2008
