Monument record MHG4302 - Leck Roy
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NN 3540 9270 (40m by 40m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NN39SE |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | KILMONIVAIG |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
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Full Description
NN39SE 1 354 927 to 372 925.
There is a bloomery at Leck Roy, at the head of Glen Roy, on the lowest of the parallel roads, and just above the keepers house.
W I Macadam 1893.
According to Mr Cameron (C Cameron, Bohuntine, Roybridge, Inverness-shire), who saw this bloomery some 50 years ago, it lay on"one of the parallel roads between Allt a Bhaile-gheamhraidh (NN 354 927) and Creagan na Gaoithe (NN 372 925), but no trace of it could be found hereabouts, or in the area indicated by Macadam, centred at NN 354 928. Visited by OS (N K B) 1 May 1964.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG1212 Text/Publication/Article: Macadam, W I. 1893. 'Notes on the ancient iron industry of Scotland', Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club Vol. 3 1883-8, p.222-63. Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club. 222-63. 234.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
