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External Reference
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
