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|image = Catpund - geograph.org.uk - 4778.jpg |alt = Photo of Catpund |caption = Catpund |map_type = Scotland Shetland |map_caption = Location in Shetland Islands, Scotland |coordinates = {{coord|60.026398|-1.238351|display=inline}} |location = Shetland |type = Quarry |epochs = Norse }} Catpund is a quarry site in Shetland, Scotland, where steatite vessels were cut from the rock from prehistory onwards. The quarrying marks are still visible today. LocationThe Catpund quarry is located beside a burn in Mainland, Shetland.[1] HistoryEvidence of quarrying from Catpund has been recognised from the 1940s at the latest. An excavation in 1988 revealed part of the quarry floor including the hollows remaining from over one hundred soapstone vessels. Similar vessels were discovered in the later Norse levels at Jarlshof dating to the 12th and 13th centuries AD. DescriptionQuarrying scars can be seen along the bank of the burn of Catpund where vessels were chiseled from the rock.[2] Similarities with vessels from Jarlshof indicate that the quarried vessels were likely of Norse date. Archaeological FindsSeveral fragments of steatite vessels have been discovered from Catpund and are currently found in the Shetland Museum and the National Museum of Scotland. ImagesReferences1. ^{{Canmore |num=924 |desc=Catpund |access-date=11 August 2015}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.landforms.eu/shetland/Geology_Shetlland/catpund.htm|title=Catpund|publisher=landforms.eu|accessdate=30 March 2018}} 3 : Archaeological sites in Shetland|Scheduled monuments in Scotland|Quarries in Scotland |
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