Islay, Finlaggan
Lead Mine(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Islay, Finlaggan
Classification Lead Mine(S) (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Cnoc Seannda; Loch Finlaggan
Canmore ID 79759
Site Number NR36NE 68
NGR NR 390 683
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/79759
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Killarow And Kilmeny
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Field Visit (9 September 1993)
NR36NE 68 390 683
For general description of lead mining in ths area, see NR36NE 21.
The remains of two shafts and a possible drift mine, or adit, lie some 140m to the SW of Finlaggan Museum, at the NE end of Loch Finlaggan. Both shafts are surrounded by spoil (NR 3908 6836 and 3904 6831). The possible drift mine, or adit, lies 7m to the SSE of the southernmost shaft and is visible as little more than a U-shaped cutting, opening to the loch, with a slight rim of spoil.
Visited by RCAHMS (ARW, SPH), 9 September 1993.
