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Craggie Bloomery

Bloomery (Period Unassigned), Slag(S) (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Craggie Bloomery

Classification Bloomery (Period Unassigned), Slag(S) (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Glen Oykel

Canmore ID 314349

Site Number NC30NW 28

NGR NC 33617 05152

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Kincardine (Sutherland)
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Activities

Excavation (9 September 2010 - 13 September 2010)

NC 33617 05152 A small excavation was carried out 9–13

September 2010 on the site of the bloomery furnace in Glen

Oykel. The work consisted of the collection of surface slag,

which had been revealed by a mound pitting operation,

and the excavation of two trenches on the furnace site. The

excavation recorded traces of ironworking in both trenches

and a well preserved furnace in Trench 1.

Archive: RCAHMS

Funder: Forestry Commission Scotland

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