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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 695886
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/695886
NR47SW 8 42060 73202
BUNNAHABHAN DISTILLERY, BONAHAVEN BAY NR47SW/8, NR 4210 7320 Grade C(S)
Dated 1881. Large complex. 2, 3 and 4 storeys. Harled. Piended slate roofs. Band-courses.
DISTILLERY: High building on 3 sides of a yard. Wall on 4th side; rock-faced ashlar; elliptical arch; date on spandrels; low building behind.
This distillery was originally built in 1880-1 and had been amalgamated with W Grant and Co. to form Highland Distilleries Co. Ltd. by 1887. There were four stills by 1963 and a light grains plant by 1980. Moss and Hume 1981
An RCAHMS photographic survey was undertaken, during October 1999, to capture Bunnahanhan Distillery as it was at that time. The Distillery remained in use, but with it's former 'grandeur' greatly reduced.
Visited by RCAHMS (MKO), July 1999.
The original owners of Bunnahabain Distillery, The Islay Distillery Company Ltd., 48 West Nile Street, Glasgow, had a pier erected at a cost of #3,500. Built upon massive iron piles, sunk deeply into solid rock, it extended 75 yards into Bunnahabhain Bay. The depth of the waters was such that loading and unloading could be performed at all times, from both sides of the pier.
The Southern wing was 4 storeys high. The ground floor was used for warehousing, the second and third were used as Malt Barns, the top storey being used as a Grain Loft. The Western wing was 3 storeys high, and contained a Cooperage, Coal Shed, Mill Room, Malt Deposit and Mash House. The Northern wing contained the Engine House, Boilers and Still House. The Company also provided a Reading Room and School Room. The children of employees received an Elementary education in the School Room. The annual output of Bunnahabhain Distillery was about 200,000 gallons.
Barnard 1969
