Talladale
Iron Works (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Talladale
Classification Iron Works (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Talladale River
Canmore ID 12051
Site Number NG97SW 3
NGR NG 91 70
NGR Description NG c. 91 70
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12051
- Council Highland
- Parish Gairloch
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NG97SW 3 c. 91 70.
A strong local tradition places the Talladale furnace as the bank of a small burn about 150 yards south-east of the Talladale river; it stood in the corner of the field nearest to, and to the west of, the road. They say that when this field was reclaimed and trenched, large quantities of slag were turned up, and were buried in the land and in drains. The few specimens of slag found on the surface in 1883 are of both kinds. Some small fragments of ore discovered are No. 3. It seems pretty certain, therefore, that the Talladale furnace was carried on by Sir George Hay, and that it belongs to the historic class of ironworks. This means that they were in operation in the seventeenth century.
J H Dixon 1886.
No trace of any ironworkings was found, and no local information obtained.
Visited by OS (J T T) 30 September 1964.
