Whitefield
Saddle Quern
Site Name Whitefield
Classification Saddle Quern
Canmore ID 8776
Site Number ND25SE 8
NGR ND 2686 5353
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8776
- Council Highland
- Parish Watten
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND25SE 8 2686 5353.
(ND 2686 5353) Quern found AD 1851 (NAT)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
This saddle-quern and rubber (identified as such from text and drawing) was found 18 ins below ground level by ploughing in 1851. Mr Davidson of Old Hall sent them to Edinburgh Museum.
Name Book 1871.
No further information was obtained during field investigation. The site lies in a flat arable field.
Visited by OS (W D J) 24 April 1963.
