Find Spot record MHG53000 - Findspot of worked stones, between Eilean Rubha an Ridire and Inninmore Point

Summary

Several large, holed stones reported by a scallop-diver, possibly millstone roughouts.

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Grid reference NM 727 408 (point) (Centred)
Map sheet NM74SW
Geographical Area MARITIME
Geographical Area LOCHABER

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Around 2002, a scallop-diver reported the discovery of several large, holed stones in the narrows between Eilean Rubha an Ridire and Inninmore Point. Cursory diver searches of the area were unsuccessful, but it is thought that these objects are still on the seabed and that they may be associated with 19th-century quarrying activity on the Morvern shore nearby, where marks can be seen where millstones have been cut from the rock. <1>

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  • <1> Text/Publication/Monograph: Robertson, P (ed). 2007. The Sound of Mull Archaeological Project (SOMAP) 1994-2005, BAR British Series 453. Nautical Archaeology Society. Paper (Original). p 31.

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Record last edited

Jan 27 2010 1:20PM

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