Archaeology Notes
Event ID 770372
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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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.