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Highland, Scotland

Ballachulish slate quarries and Loch Leven ferry

Lake shore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: slate-quarry debris.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1898 historic-map era

Loch Leven slate-quarry village with quarry piers, an old ferry and a hotel on the Glencoe road, worked heavily through the 1800s. Quarry, quay and village refuse gather.

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