Monument record MHG48053 - Melbourne Cottage
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 32804 43975 (20m by 20m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND34SW |
| Civil Parish | WICK |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
NMRS Report: (20/07/2005)
ND34SW 188 32804 43975 & 32805 43985
What is probably a small building (YARROWS04 629) is built against the face of a disused quarry some 120m ENE of Melbourne Cottage farmsteading (ND34SW 183). The building measures 4.4m from NW to SE by 4.2 transversely overall. Its drystone wall on the NE and SW is up to 0.6m in thickness and 0.5m in height, but the NW end is formed by the sheer quarry face and on the SE there is no more than a low, outward-facing scarp. No entrance is visible. The quarry (YARROWS04 630) measures some 26.3m in length from NNE to SSW by up to 8m transversely and its exposed face on the W is 1m high. Neither the building nor the quarry is depicted on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xxix; 1907, sheet xxix).
(YARROWS04 629, 630)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 11 August 2004
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG24123 Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 270839.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2009 3:19PM
