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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

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

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.

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