Record details
| ID: | MHG55433 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Disused Quarry, Achscrabster |
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Summary
Remains of a 18-19th century flagstone quarry, no longer in use by the mid-20th century
Reports
| Grid Reference: | ND 08225 62993 |
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| Map Sheet: | ND06SE |
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| Civil Parish: | THURSO |
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| Geographical Area: | CAITHNESS |
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Monument Types
- STONE QUARRY (In use (between) 18th Century to 20th Century - 1750 AD? to 1960 AD?)
Other References/Statuses
- Historic Environment Record: MHG55433
Full description
The site of a disused flagstone quarry at Achscrabster. First depicted on the 1st edition OS map <1> and significantly expanded by the 2nd edition OS map <2>. The remains of the quarry today are much as they had been left when it fell out of use. Most of the areas where extraction took place have now filled with water, although the spoilheaps, some of which are now grassed over, remain standing to a significant height. Many of the structures associated with the quarry workings, such as a windmill base, buildings (including a chimney), mill lades etc survive within the quarry landscape. The chimney (now covered with ivy) is an unusual survival <3>. Limited photographic recording undertaken during site visit <4>.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Image/Map: Ordnance Survey. 1872-3. Ordnance Survey 1st edition 25 inch map: Caithness (surveyed 1870-72). Digital. . |
| <2> | Image/Map: Ordnance Survey. 1906. Ordnance Survey 2nd edition 25 inch map: Caithness. Digital. . |
| <3> | Verbal Communication: Puls, A. Comment by Andrew Puls, HC Archaeologist. . |
| <4> | Image/Photograph(s): Puls, A. Site Visit Photographs. Colour. . Digital. 22/06/2010. |
Related Monument/Building records
| MHG974 | Parent of: Wind Pump, Achscrabster (Monument) |
Related Investigations - none