MHG63882 - Quarry - BADAIR CHRAG
Summary
A quarry at Badair Chrag.
Type and Period (2)
- LIMESTONE QUARRY (Post Medieval - 1560 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- MARBLE QUARRY (Post Medieval - 1560 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Historic Assynt visited this site in May 2016.
An outcrop of limestone with veins of marble lies high up on the ridge to the west of the Ox Byre (see MHG34506) associated with Joplin's 1799 quarrying activity at Ledbeg. Joplin is recorded as utilising this quarry for 'a highly textured marble with much colour'. It may also be the source for the limestone used in the building of the ox byre and other quarry structures below the quarry. The size of the quarry and the large amounts of limestone compared to the marble veins which survive does not suggest extensive marble deposits. Joplin's records of shipments ends in 1805 though rent was paid to the Sutherland estate until 1815. Gullies running straight down the hillside from the quarry, through a much later small plantation to the area with associated building and mound may be the remains of sledge runs. <1><2>
NGR adjusted based on 2009 vertical aerial photographs. <3>
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SHG29800 Text/Correspondence: Historic Assynt. 2015/16. Emails from Gordon Sleight, Historic Assynt. Yes. Digital.
- <2> SHG364 Text/Manuscript: Calder, Sinclair B.. 1974. The Industrial Archaeology of Sutherland: A Scottish Highland Economy 1700-1900. The University of Strathclyde.
- <3> SHG27382 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 2009. Getmapping aerial photography 2009. XY
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 2308 1409 (31m by 31m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC21SW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | ASSYNT |
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