Allt An Doire Dharaich
Copper Mine (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Allt An Doire Dharaich
Classification Copper Mine (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 81983
Site Number NM74NE 2
NGR NM 765 478
NGR Description Centred NM 765 478
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Morvern
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Argyll
NM74NE 2 centred 765 478
Copper was mined and smelted in the 18th century at NM 765 478 where spoil heaps and a water-filled shaft are visible and slag is found. The mine appears to have been in use at the time of Roy's survey (1747-55) but abandoned by 1794.
P Gaskell 1968
NM 7627 4764. Circular mound 10m in diameter, possibly associated with old mine workings.
Visited by OS Field Reviser (J Ashford) May 1973.
