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Kiln 1, interior of upper pot revealed by collapse. (Colin Martin)
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Discussing the characteristics of Kiln 1 during a field visit, 2005. From left, Dr Paula Martin of the Morvern Maritime Centre, and Dr Stewart Nisbet and Dr John Hughes of the University of Paisley. (Colin Martin)
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Kiln 2, looking upwards towards the top opening from the pot floor. (Colin Martin)
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Kiln 2, looking upwards towards the top opening from the pot floor. (Colin Martin)
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A loose example of one of the Preston Grange bricks. (Colin Martin)
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Kiln 3 from the SE. Bulging and cracking of its frontage is evident. Scale 2 metres. (Colin Martin)
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Kiln 3 from the SE. Bulging and cracking of its frontage is evident. Scale 2 metres. (Colin Martin)
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The quarry floor, looking E. The purpose of the long mounds is not known. (Colin Martin)
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The quarry floor, looking SE. The purpose of the long mounds is not known. (Colin Martin)
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Small building set against the quarry face within a walled enclosure 40 m SW of the kiln complex. It is probably an explosives magazine. Scale 2 metres. (Colin Martin)
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The roofed cottages, now a holiday home, were probably once bothies for lime-workers. The building to the right incorporated a high-walled enclosure probably a coal store, while the gabled building on its left side (now with corrugated roofing) is believed to have been a smithy. Another roofed building on the seaward side of the walled enclosure was probably a store for the processed lime. Kiln 1, with its levelled access causeway, is seen left of centre. (Colin Martin)
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The lean-to structure on the seaward side of the enclosure was probably a store for the processed lime. (Paula Martin)
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Remains of one of two wells on the island. Behind is the wide entrance to the unroofed enclosure which was probably a coal store. (Paula Martin)
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Aerial photograph of Sheep Island from the SE. The three kilns and associated buildings are clustered round the small bay. A built quay is visible at the left edge of the bay, while a presumably earlier cleared strip runs up the centre of the beach. Towards the left, just below the quarry face, is a gunpowder magazine, while there is another building of uncertain function above the foreshore further to the left. (Colin Martin)
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Kiln 1, interior of upper pot revealed by collapse. (Colin Martin)
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Kiln 2 from the SE. Scale 2 metres. (Colin Martin)
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Draw-arch, Kiln 2; view from inside. Note the partly-collapsed lining of end-laid bricks around the rough stonework of the arch. (Colin Martin)
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Kiln 3 from the SE, looking upwards. Bulging and cracking of its frontage is evident. (Colin Martin)
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The quay frontage to the SE of Kiln 3. Beyond, at top centre, is a horseshoe-shaped reef (an Càrn = pile of stones) which appears to have served as a ballast dump. (Colin Martin)
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The reef (an Càrn = pile of stones) which appears to have been a ballast dump is exposing as the tide falls. Port Appin on the mainland shore lies beyond. (Colin Martin)
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Kiln 3, Sheep Island. (Colin Martin)
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Sheep Island (Eilean nan Caorach). View along the kiln frontages, looking NE. The lime-workers’ bothy, now a holiday home, is on the right. Above it, on the skyline, is Kiln 1. Between the bothy and Kiln 1 is a complex of stores and workshops. Kiln 2 is left of centre, with a tree growing out of its top. Kiln 3, with its extension, is at the upper left. (Colin Martin)
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Kiln 1 from the SW showing structural section. (Colin Martin)
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Kiln 1, E draw-arch. Scale 50 centimetres. (Colin Martin)
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