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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 658726
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/658726
NG45NE 1 477 596.
(NG 477 596) Diatomite Works (NAT) Tramway (NAT)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1952)
At the beginning of the 20th century Loch Cuithir was worked for diatomite which was carried by tramline to the shore near Inver Tote where it was dried and ground in a small factory.
Although the industry was allowed to die, and the works became derelict, it has now been re-established.
A lower date-bar for the age of this industry is provided by the 1st ed. 6" map (1875/80) which shows nothing here at that time.
O F Swire 1952.
At the time of investigation, the works were being demolished, and no further work is to be carried out. The tramway has been long dismantled.
Visited by OS (A S P) 29 April 1961.
See NG56SW 21 for the Diatomite Works at Inver Tote.
Information from RCAHMS (DHR), July 2001.
