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Copy of photograph showing kelp-burning in progress at Ceann a'Mhara on Tiree
A 62472
Description Copy of photograph showing kelp-burning in progress at Ceann a'Mhara on Tiree
Date c. 1900
Collection Papers of Erskine Beveridge, antiquarian, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Catalogue Number A 62472
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 358652
Scope and Content 1903 picture of kelp-burning at Kenavara on Tiree, Argyll This is a picture of kelp (or seawead) burning on the island of Tiree using a traditional technique, unchanged since the 18th century. The calcined ashes were once an important source of alkali for many processes, including soap-making. Tiree, Ceann A' Mhara / / / Kelp Kilns /<br />NMRS Other Kelp-burning flourished in the 18th and early 19th centuries and employed some of the people displaced by the Highland Clearances. After the Napoleonic Wars, the industry was all but destroyed by competition from cheaper Spanish alkali. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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