MHG484 - Bloomery - Sunart Forest

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BLOOMERY (Undated)

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Iron slag has been found in Sunart Forest at NM 670 590 and other places.
Information from R A Menzies, Forestry Commission, Inverness to OS.

No knowledge of iron slag at Forestry Commission, Sunart and no knowledge of Menzies at Forestry Commission, Inverness. Site not visited.
Visited by OS (R L) 4 June 1970.

Aitken lists the slag heap at NM 670 590, and thirteen slag heaps in Sunart Forest and on Loch Sunart side. No further information is given. W G Aitken 1973.

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--- SHG733 Text/Publication/Article: Aitken, W G. 1973. 'Excavation of bloomeries in Rannoch, Perthshire, and elsewhere', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 102 1969-70, p.188-204. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 188-204. 199.

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Grid reference	Centred NM 6699 5900 (30m by 30m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NM65NE
Civil Parish	MORVERN
Geographical Area	LOCHABER

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SLAG (Undated)

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/22467 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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