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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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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Lochbroom
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Ross And Cromarty
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Archaeology Notes

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

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