Islay, Ballimartin
Lead Mine (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Islay, Ballimartin
Classification Lead Mine (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Ballimartin Mine; Shinegart; Seanghart Mine; Sean-ghairt
Canmore ID 79726
Site Number NR36NE 34
NGR NR 3714 6639
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/79726
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Killarow And Kilmeny
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR36NE 34 3714 6639
For general description of lead mining on Islay, see NR36NE 21.
Shaft (NAT) (disused)
OS 1:10,000 map, 1981.
A drift-mine entrance, overlaid with dumped rubbish, approached through a banked-up cutting.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (JM) 8 June 1978.