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Aerial view of Glensanda super quarry on Loch Linhe, looking SW.
DP 342136
Description Aerial view of Glensanda super quarry on Loch Linhe, looking SW.
Date 30/5/2010
Collection Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland
Catalogue Number DP 342136
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content This photo shows the lower end of the Glensanda granite quarry, the largest in Europe, on the northern shore of Loch Linhe. Since 1982 the 2,400 hectare Glensanda Estate has been the home of the Glensanda Super quarry created by Foster Yeoman, since acquired by the Aggregate Industries group, which mines the Meall na h-Easaiche mountain. Title and Scope & Content contributed by North of Scotland Archaeological Society (2021).
Accession Number 2020/58
External Reference D1810
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/2104401
File Format (JPG) JPEG bitmap
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