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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 770372

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/770372

NN05NE 9.00 07 58 and 08 58

NN05NE 9.01 08 58 Boiler (egg-end) [East Laroch]

NN05NE 9.02 07 58 West Laroch quarries

NN05NE 9.03 0856 5852 structure [East Laroch]

NN05NE 9.04 08 58 workers' cottages

NN05NE 9.05 0856 5855 inclined plane

NN05NE 9.06 0 5 slate fence post

For (associated) Laroch harbour (NN 08 58) and slate workers' boat houses (NN 0818 5858), see NN05NE 12 and NN05NE 27 respectively.

Ballachulish Slate Quarries [NAT] (at NN 085 581)

OS 1:10,000 map, 1990.

Slate quarries, East and west Laroch, Ballachulish. Founded c. 1693. There are two main quarries here. The larger (NN 085 583) is partly flooded, though terraced workings, like those in North Wales, may also be seen. An inclined plane survies, built of slate rubble, with an arch over the former main road. The other quarry (NN 073 582) is not as interesting. There are harbours (NN05NE 12) formed out of quarry waste.

J R Hume 1977.

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