Allt Ruidhe Moire
Bloomery (Prehistoric) - (Medieval)
Site Name Allt Ruidhe Moire
Classification Bloomery (Prehistoric) - (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Daltullich
Canmore ID 14266
Site Number NH74SE 18
NGR NH 7567 4123
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14266
- Council Highland
- Parish Croy And Dalcross (Inverness)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH74SE 18 7567 4123.
An iron-smelting site it situated at Daltullich 2 1/2 miles S of Clava on a knoll (24 x 18 ft) c 700 ft above the Nairn river. The Alt Ruadh (Red Burn) flows past the side of it.
The slag is of the older variety, portions of which have been produced from bog iron ore. It is accompanied by quantities of peat charcoal.
W I Macadam 1893.
At NH 7567 4123, on a low nautral knoll adjacent to Allt Ruidhe Moire, within the estate of Daltullich, are pieces of iron slag indicative of an iron-smelting site, probably that mentioned by Macadam.
Visited by OS (N K B) 15 April 1970.
Note (1979)
Daltullich NH 756412 NH74SE 18
The record of an 'old ironworks', probably a bloomery, at Daltullich before 1887 is supported by the discovery of iron-slag at NH 7567 4123.
RCAHMS 1979
Macadam 1888, 234
