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Easdale, Enclosure

Enclosure (19th Century) - (20th Century), Industrial Building (19th Century) - (20th Century)

Site Name Easdale, Enclosure

Classification Enclosure (19th Century) - (20th Century), Industrial Building (19th Century) - (20th Century)

Canmore ID 354782

Site Number NM71NW 135

NGR NM 73477 17080

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Quarries NM71NW 117, NM71NW 118 (both flooded) and NM71NW120, west track and enclosure, view from high ground to east
Quarries NM71NW 117, NM71NW 118 (both flooded) and NM71NW120, west track and enclosure, view from high ground to eastPossible garden enclosure remains (NM71NW 135) to south of quarry NM71NW 117, view from north westWest end of island, general view from high ground to eastQuarry NM71NW 117 (An Lub Chlear), general view from hill to eastQuarries NM71NW 117, 118 and 119.01 (An Lub Chlear, Fang and and Rudbha Nam Faoileann), and Klondye (NM71NW 120, foreground), view from hill to eastGeneral view of west end of island from high ground to north eastOblique aerial view from west with Fang and An Lub Chlear quarries nearest the camraQuarry NM71NW 118 (An Lub Chlear) and track, view from hill to east. Quarry NM71NW 120, 'Klondyke', right foregroundQuarries NM71NW 117 and 118 and 119 (An Lub Chlear, Fang and Rudbha Nam Faoileann/An Staca Dubh) and tramway track, spoil from the south west quarries and walls from view from hill to eastEnclosure (NM71NW 135) to south of quarry NM71NW 117 (An Lub Chlear), view from hill to north east, surrounded by slate waste possibly from quarries NM71NW 119 and /or the later quarries NM71NW116 and 117

Administrative Areas

  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Kilbrandon And Kilchattan
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Argyll And Bute
  • Former County Argyll

Activities

Note (1994)

WIthall notes that this unroofed structure is on the site of a probable locomotive shed shown on 'the 1896 map' [2nd edition of the Ordnance Survey 25-inch map (Argyllshire, 1898, sheet CXXI)]. The current structure is of poor build leading Withall to suggest that it has been built from the material of original building. He suggests that it was converted into a garden and that the vegetaion inside the enclosed area which is more abundant than outwith its walls supports this theory.

National Record of the Historic Environment: MS8087/2

Field Visit (8 September 2015)

This slate built enclosure (probably a garden) is in a ruinous state. The enclosure measures 14.5m in length by 9.0m in width and contains wild vegetation.

It does not appear on the 1st edition of the Ordnance Survey 25-inch map (Argyllshire and Buteshire, (surveyed 1871) published 1872, sheet CXXI.7) which shows a large area of garden plots. The remains of the earlier gardens would have been overlain by waste or destroyed when quarry NM71NW 117 was extended after 1871.

The enclosure does not appear on the 2nd edition of the Ordnance Survey 25-inch map (Argyllshire, 1898, sheet CXXI.7) and so probably post dates the abandonment of quarries NM71NW 116 and 117. It overlies the tramway shown on the 1898 map.

Visited by HES Survey and Recording Section, Architecture and Industry (MMD), 8 September 2015.

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