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Whitefield
Whetstone
Site Name Whitefield
Classification Whetstone
Canmore ID 8777
Site Number ND25SE 9
NGR ND 2689 5340
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8777
- Council Highland
- Parish Watten
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND25SE 9 2689 5340
(ND 2689 5340) Whetstone found AD 1861 (NAT)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
"Mr A Gunn of Whitefield found this stone in 1861 while trenching his garden. It is supposed to have been used as a plummet. He gave it to me the other day and I sent it into the Ordnance Survey Office." (From the excellent line and wash drawing this is a perforated whetstone).
Name Book 1871.
No further information was obtained during field investigation.
Visited by OS (W D J) 24 April 1963.
