MHG47927 - Cnoc Na Ban-tighearna

Summary

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Type and Period (2)

  • (Former Type) SITE (Undated)
  • GRAVEL PIT (Undated)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

NMRS Report: (08/11/2005)
ND24SE 62 26234 43595

This disused gravel-pit is situated immediately E of the Lybster to Watten public road, some 420m SW of the Loch of Camster. Roughly rectangular on plan, the pit measures 21m from NNW to SSE by 16m transversely and is dug into the foot of the W-facing slope to a depth of 5m. On the W, spoil has been spread and levelled between the pit and the ditch running parallel with the road. The pit is depicted on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1907, sheet xxix).
(YARROWS04 926)
Visited by RCAHMS (ATW) 28 September 2004.




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Map

Location

Grid reference ND 26234 43595 (point)
Map sheet ND24SE
Civil Parish WICK
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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