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Skye, Kilchrist Lower Quarry
Machinery Plinth(S) (19th Century) - (20th Century), Marble Quarry (19th Century) - (20th Century), Spoil Heap(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Skye, Kilchrist Lower Quarry
Classification Machinery Plinth(S) (19th Century) - (20th Century), Marble Quarry (19th Century) - (20th Century), Spoil Heap(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Kilbride Quarry
Canmore ID 74987
Site Number NG62SW 55.01
NGR NG 6207 2011
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/74987
- Council Highland
- Parish Strath
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
NG62SW 55.01 6207 2011
At the bottom of the NW-facing hillslope which lies to the E of the Broadford to Torrin road is an abandoned quarry with its associated spoil heaps, concrete machinery stances and branch line of the Broadford tramway.
Visited by JS Wood 4 April 1990.
