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MHG35460 - Ore hopper - Suisnish Pier, Raasay

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Iron ore hopper, part of the former Iron Ore mine and associated structures at Suisnish, Raasay.

The feature was recorded by ACFA as part of a survey of the facilities over several years. The large open fronted storage bin lies directly to the north of the pier and was built to contain a nominal 4,400 tons of calcined ore received from the kilns to await transport to the steel plants in the south. The large Y shaped hopper is built into the hillside with its north end entirely against the natural ground with the bulk of the flanks lying into the natural rock. To protect the ore from the weather the hopper originally had a curved roof of corrugated zinc plated sheeting and the entire Y shape of the south end was similarly enclosed. The structure is 14m wide at the top and at the bottom there is a 2.40m square tunnel roofed with concrete slabs in which ran a conveyor belt to move the ore across the pier to the transport ships. The structure is 36m long on a north to south axis and is 18m high. The hopper was constructed with poured mass concrete 1.80m thick at the bottom of the vertical wall. The exposed south end shows 45° angled concrete sides below this, 0.30m thick concrete laid on to the natural ground. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NG 5550 3422 (42m by 56m)
Map sheet	NG53SE
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH

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