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'Craigmure'
Copper Mine (Period Unassigned)
Site Name 'Craigmure'
Classification Copper Mine (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 23402
Site Number NN00SW 12
NGR NN 00 03
NGR Description NN c. 00 03
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23402
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Inveraray
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NN00SW 12 c. 00 03
A map published by G Langlands of Campbeltown in 1801 shows an old copper mine at Craigmure about two miles from Auchindrain on the footpath to Loch Awe. However, nothing is known of this mine until 1838, when ore from it was sampled by the British and Foreign Copper Company. In 1839 the Duke of Argyll had an adit driven. Due to a combination of geological problems and poorer than anticipated quality of ore, the project met with little success and was abandoned in 1842.
A G Rankine 1987.
