What is recorded here
Castlehill Pavement Works, Quarry is a Highland cutting where stone was taken for pavement, though no date or owner is recorded. The rocks may still hold the shape of hammers and the smell of rain on broken granite. A man could have stood at the edge, listened for a loose shard, and carried one home to mark a threshold. The quarry does not need a name or a year to be real; it is a hole made by human hands, waiting for someone to remember the weight of what was removed.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castlehill Pavement Works, Quarry as Quarry (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
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CastlehillBroch (iron Age)(possible), Inhumation (viking) · 463 yd
Olrig Parish War MemorialMemorial · 463 yd
Castlehill Heritage CentreMuseum · 467 yd
East MurkleHuman Remains (period Unassigned), Spearhead(s) (bronze)(period Unassigned) · 1362 yd
Olrig CemeteryCemetery (period Unassigned) · 1459 yd
Dunnet BeachBeach / strand · 1.3 mi
Thurso CastleCastle (17th Century) · 4.2 mi
Britannia: Thurso Bay, Pentland FirthSchooner (19th Century) · 5.1 mi
Jonge Thomas: Easter Head, Dunnet Head, Pentland FirthCraft (18th Century) · 5.2 mi
Easter HeadHeadland · 5.3 mi