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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 734419
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/734419
NM04NW 33 014 473
Not to be confused with Balephetrish limestone quarry (NM 015 471), for which see NM04NW 34.
This small quarry is situated at the foot of Balephetrish Hill, about 75m SE of the steading of Balephetrish farm. It was worked between 1764 and 1794.
Visited by RCAHMS June 1974.
RCAHMS 1980.
Scheduled as Balephetrish, marble quarry.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 14 January 2002.
