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Date 20 July 1971

Event ID 962203

Category Documentary Reference

Type External Reference

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/962203

Dated 1755. Large square furnace with 2 wings. Rubble in courses.

FURNACE: splayed sides; large fire-place at each wing (one with iron lintel

inscribed GF 1755) 'Tuyere' intact.

MAIN WING: 2 storeys. Roofless. Segmental-arched entrance; small

window-openings.

Lesser wing: 1 storey, gabled roof. Converted into garage.

O.S.A.

Ruin (except for garage wing) Erected by Argyll Furnace Company for

smelting iron ore (from Lancashire) by means of charcoal.

Information from Historic Scotland, 20 July 1971

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