Monument record MHG48058 - Borrowston

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Grid reference Centred ND 32851 43629 (20m by 20m)
Map sheet ND34SW
Civil Parish WICK
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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NMRS Report: (09/11/2005)
ND34SW 220 32851 43629

This disused quarry is situated in a cultivated field 170m SSW of Borrowston farmsteading (ND34SW 315). Roughly oval on plan, it measures about 23m from NE to SW by a maximum of 11.5m transversely and it has been dug into a SE-facing rise to a depth of at least 2m. The quarry is not depicted on either the 1st or 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xxix; 1907, sheet xxix).
(YARROWS04 687)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 12 August 2004.





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  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 270855.

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Jan 28 2009 3:19PM

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