Monument record MHG546 - Allt an Doire Dharaich

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Grid reference Centred NM 7626 4773 (637m by 356m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NM74NE
Old County ARGYLL
Civil Parish MORVERN
Geographical Area LOCHABER

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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 wih old mine workings.
Visited by OS Field Reviser (J Ashford) May 1973.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Gaskell, P. 1968. Morvern transformed: a highland parish in the nineteenth century. 171.

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Record last edited

Apr 18 2017 10:48AM

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