Skye, The Braes
Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Skye, The Braes
Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Creag A' Ghuail
Canmore ID 11468
Site Number NG53NW 11
NGR NG 519 365
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/11468
- Council Highland
- Parish Portree
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG53NW 11 519 365.
(NG 519 365) Old Shaft (NAT)
OS 6" map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)
One of the two coal-mines started by Lord Macdonald c.1800 (For History - see NG44SE 15)
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845; A Nicolson 1930.
The site of this coal-mine is marked by a small ruined building which is situated just above high water at the foot of the cliffs. The shaft has been filled in. The coal seam is visible at the base of the cliffs immediately to the S.
Visited by OS (ASP) 20 April 1961.
