MHG55558 - Ord Quartzite Quarry
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Full Description
J.G. Stein & Co. of Bonnybridge commenced quarrying in 1944 and this continued until 1960. Silica was extracted from the quartzite ore and used as a heat resistant substance in industrial furnaces, fire bricks, cements, boilers etc. Only the explosives store and a storage building, now used as a bothy, survive. A resident of Kilmore in Sleat worked for the company as a young man. He remembers that the ore was removed from the quarry in trucks that ran on a very short rail track to the road where it was loaded onto lorries and taken to the pier at Armadale. It was his job then to offload the ore into a waiting puffer (coastal trading boat).
Estate rental and letter books held at Clan Donald Library, The Museum of the Isles, Armadale. Ref: GD221/5783 98, 776, 805, 814 <1>
GIS spatial data created 2019 based on OS Master Map. <2>
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SHG25668 Collection/Project Archive: Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands (ARCH). 2012. Digital site gazetteer and archive for ARCH Community Timeline Project: Broadford. Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands (ARCH). Yes. Digital. Site 67.
- <2> SHG23361 Image/Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Mastermap. Digital. XY
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 6261 1265 (52m by 73m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG61SW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Civil Parish | SLEAT |
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- https://trove.scot/place/331642/ (View record on the HES Trove website)
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