Lismore, Port Ramsay, Limekilns
Lime Kiln(S) (18th Century) - (19th Century)
Site Name Lismore, Port Ramsay, Limekilns
Classification Lime Kiln(S) (18th Century) - (19th Century)
Canmore ID 155560
Site Number NM84NE 3.01
NGR NM 88430 45613
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Lismore And Appin (Argyll And Bute)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM84NE 3.01 88430 45613
Following text copied from cancelled site NM83NE 14.00
NM84NE 3 883 455.
Two conjoined lime kilns are depicted on the OS 1st edition of the 6-inch map (Argyllshire 1875, sheet lvi).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 31 March 1999.
Lime kiln complex
NM 884 456 Buildings and associated features photographed and described by RCAHMS were surveyed and drawn.
Archive to be deposited in NMRS.
Sponsor: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
C Martin, P Martin 2005
Field Visit (May 1968)
NM 88 45. This village (Plates 118B, D) stands close to the NE tip of Lismore, overlooking the best anchorage in the island (NSA, vii (Argyll), 229). Port Ramsay was thus well situated for the prosecution of the two enterprises to which it owed its development in the 19th century, namely the local fishing-industry and the export of lime (OSA, I (1791), 500; NSA, vii (Argyll), 251; Third Stat. Acct. (Argyll), 64). The village comprises a single row of cottages standing close to the water's edge. These cottages are plain single-storeyed dwellings of rubble masonry with lime-washed walls and slate roofs, and each contains two main rooms. The principal limestone-quarries lie immediately to the NE of the village, where there is also a quay and a pair of lime-kilns (Plate 118c). Another group of quarries with an associated kiln may be seen on the opposite side of the bay, beyond Fennacrochan.
RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1968.
