View of peninsula from ESE

Description View of peninsula from ESE

Date 1/7/1997

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 875442

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 26959 CN

Scope and Content Ard Neackie peninsula from east-south-east, Highland Ard Neackie, a peninsula joined to the mainland by an isthmus of sand and shingle, served as the terminus of the Heilam ferry, which sailed to Heilam Inn on the left bank of Loch Eriboll. The early 19th-century ferry house survives alongside lime kilns built into the side of the island and is served by a rubble pier. This shows Ard Neackie from the mainland. The ferry house, a three-bayed, two storey structure (centre) and the lime kilns and pier can be seen. The ferry ceased to operate in the 1890s. The Reay estate used these kilns, and those on nearby Eilean Choraidh, to produce lime from the 1870s. Limestone for burning was taken from a quarry on the Ard Neakie peninsula, burnt in the oval section kilns, and the resulting 'quick' lime loaded onto boats at the pier for transport. Lime was used both in building and to correct the acidity of many Scottish soils. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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