Archaeology Notes

Event ID 789279

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NM84SW 8.13 83640 41437

Kilns (dis) [NAT]

OS (GIS) MasterMap, March 2010.

(Location cited as NM 83 41). Limekilns and pier, An Sailean, early 19th century. Two banks of two rubble single-draw kilns, with corbelled draw-holes, giving the appearance of pointed arches.

The rubble pier [NM84SW 8.19] is rectangular on plan with the remains of a store on it.

Nearby are the remains of cottages [NM84SW 8.14].

[See also NM84SW 8.14 and NM84SW 8.19].

J R Hume 1977.

Two unroofed buildings and three unroofed circular structures, annotated as Limekiln, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1875, sheet lxxii). One unroofed and one roofed building, annotated as disused kilns, are shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1976).

Information from RCAHMS (SAH), 6 April 1999

NM 835 414 The buildings and associated features of this lime kiln complex, photographed and described by RCAHMS, were surveyed, and two extensive ballast banks adjacent to the quay recorded.

Archive to be deposited in NMRS.

Sponsor: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

C Martin, P Martin 2005.