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Duirinish
Explosives Store (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Duirinish
Classification Explosives Store (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Balmacara Estate
Canmore ID 136967
Site Number NG73SE 15.02
NGR NG 7715 3122
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/136967
- Council Highland
- Parish Lochalsh
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NG73SE 15.02 7715 3122
NG 780 300 (centre) In the springs of 1995 and 1996 a field survey was carried out on the NTS Balmacara Estate. The estate covers approximately 22.5 sqkm of the Lochalsh peninsula. It lies largely within the points of a triangle formed by Kyle in the SW, Plockton in the N and Balmacara in the SE. The range of topographic variation found within the estate largely reflects that found on the W coast of Scotland generally. The range of sites found during the survey reflects this topographic variation.
During two seasons of survey 109 new sites were recorded. A full report is lodged with the NMRS.
1996
NG 7715 3122 Explosives store. Related to construction of the Inverness to Kyle railway.
Sponsors: National Trust for Scotland, Historic Scotland
M Wildgoose 1996
Field Visit (May 1996 - June 1996)
Situated 40.0m to the north-east of the railway against the east face of a large boulder is a beautifully preserved stone built explosives store. The store measures 1.5m in height, is 1.1m deep and 1.95m wide. The interior is divided into 2 arched compartments. The wooden doors are now missing.
(BAL96 096)
Information from NTS (SCS) January 2016
