Find Spot record MHG2345 - Findspot, Whitefield

Summary

Quern & rubber, Whitefield

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Grid reference Centred ND 2686 5352 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND25SE
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish WATTEN
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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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 info was obtained during field investigation. The site lies in a flat arable field.
Visited by OS (W D J) 24 April 1963.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 12, 92; illust.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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