Easdale, Quarry
Slate Quarry (19th Century)
Site Name Easdale, Quarry
Classification Slate Quarry (19th Century)
Canmore ID 363565
Site Number NM71NW 151
NGR NM 73529 17098
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/363565
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilbrandon And Kilchattan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Desk Based Assessment (11 November 2019)
This quarry is named and depicted as 'Old Quarry'on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 25-inch map (Argyllshire and Buteshire, surveyed 1871, published 1872, sheet CXXI.6). Depicted and named ‘Quarry’ on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey 25-inch map (Argyllshire, surveyed 1898, published 1899, sheet CXXI.6 & 11), this quarry had been incorporated into the now flooded quarry we see today (NM71NW 117).
Information from M McDonald, Survey and Recording Section, HES, November 2019.
