Find Spot record MHG12919 - Ironworking, Altasbeg

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Grid reference Centred NH 5199 9899 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH59NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish CREICH

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Iron-working slag accumulations are in a young (1887 or earlier) plantation at Altasbeg (NH 5299). Kemp had about half a ton collected. Probably several centuries old.
D W Kemp 1887.

No further information; slagheaps not located.
Visited by OS (E G C) 21 June 1963.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Kemp, D W. 1887. Notes on early iron-smelting in Sutherland. 13-15.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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