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Build
Date 1867
Event ID 934463
Category Building History
Type Build
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/934463
In a letter of 15 July 1867, [Sir John] Fowler refers to the bulk of the stonework of Braemore House as being gneiss obtained from a quarry about 1/4 mile away. The stone was of a blue colour and ‘wonderfully durable’.
R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands' with kind permission
