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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 641074
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/641074
NS28NE 45 c.294 869
NS 294 869 (abandoned quarry) In May 2002 the main quarry on the W side of the Duirland Burn was visited. Apart from limestone, graphite (from the associated black slates) was reputedly worked during WW1.
Three horseshoe lime-burning kilns lie almost immediately above the quarry face. A solitary horseshoe lime kiln (NS28NE 46) is further up Duirland Glen, overlooking the junction of two burns (NS 292 868) . Lower down the glen are the remains of a track (probable lime road) heading towards Duirland Farm. Just downstream of the workings, a ford across to the opposite side of the burn leads on to the start of another track, which heads in the direction of two roadside lime kilns (NS38NW 21) - one horseshoe and one later clamp-type (NS 301 869).
Sponsor: Drymen & District Local History Society.
J Mitchell and E Drew 2003
