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Spittal Quarries

Quarry (19th Century)

Site Name Spittal Quarries

Classification Quarry (19th Century)

Canmore ID 8334

Site Number ND15SE 14

NGR ND 172 541

NGR Description Centred ND 172 541

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

ND15SE 14 centred 172 541

For quarrymen's cottages at ND 1666 5437, see ND15SE 15.

(location cited as 174 539). Quarry, Spittal, mid 19th century. One of the many pavement quarries in Caithness, this example has a particularly fine flooded section.

J R Hume 1977.

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