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MHG47963 - Sidhean Fuar

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This record was created from data supplied by RCAHMS. It was awaiting classification at the time but the NMRS Canmore record may since have been updated. Click on the link at the bottom to view.

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NMRS Report: (09/11/2005)
ND24SE 95 28094 41583

This quarry, which is situated deep within Camster Forest, was probably opened in the late 1970s/early 1980s to provide gravel and stone for roads within the woodland. The quarry is not shown on either the 1st or 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Caithness 1877, sheet xxix; 1907, sheet xxix) and it is not visible on an RAF vertical aerial photograph taken in 1946 (106G/SCOT/UK.76 print 4290). Roughly subrectangular on plan, the quarry measures 58m from N to S by 24m transversely and 4m in depth on the SSE. Some thick slabs of rock are widely strewn over its overgrown floor.
(YARROWS04 937)
Visited by RCAHMS (ATW) 10 September 2004.

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Grid reference	ND 28093 41583 (point)
Map sheet	ND24SE
Civil Parish	WICK
Geographical Area	CAITHNESS

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