Monument record MHG6524 - Eilean Tioram

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Grid reference Centred NG 5188 3651 (81m by 153m)
Map sheet NG53NW
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish PORTREE

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Old Shaft (NAT)
OS 6" map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)

One of the two coal-mines started by Lord Macdonald c.1800 (For History - see NG44SE 15)
NSA 1845; A Nicolson 1930.

The site of this coal-mine is marked by a small ruined building which is situated just above high water at the foot of the cliffs. The shaft has been filled in. The coal seam is visible at the base of the cliffs immediately to the S.
Visited by OS (A S P) 20 April 1961.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Nicolson, A. 1930. The history of Skye. 397.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: NSA. 1845. The new statistical account of Scotland by the ministers of the respective parishes under the superintendence of a committee of the society for the benefit of the sons and daughters of the clergy. Vol. 14, Inverness-shire, 221-2.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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