Loch A' Bhrain
Bloomery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Loch A' Bhrain
Classification Bloomery (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 12106
Site Number NH17SW 1
NGR NH 13 74
NGR Description Centred at NH 13 74
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Lochbroom
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH17SW 1 13 74.
The first definite records of iron smelting are in 1608, when speed in his map marks the Loch a Bhraoin area "Rich in Iron Mines"; the site of a bloomery furnace is on the shore of Loch a Bhraoin.
A C M Mitford 1936