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Easdale slate quarries and associated workings is a slate quarrying complex located in Argyllshire, Scotland. The quarries date primarily from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when slate extraction became a major industrial enterprise in the region. The site comprises extensive excavated workings that reveal the scale of quarrying operations, including quarry floors, spoil heaps, and associated infrastructure developed to exploit the high-quality slate deposits. Easdale represents a significant example of Scottish industrial heritage and demonstrates the methods and organisation of slate production during the period of greatest commercial activity in the Argyllshire slate industry.
Easdale, slate quarries and associated workings is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10355. View the official record →
Easdale slate quarries and associated workings is a slate quarrying complex located in Argyllshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10355.
Easdale, slate quarries and associated workings is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM10355.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dun Mucaig,dun,Seil (1.9 km), Ballachuan, chapel and burial ground 255m ESE of Braefoot (2.7 km), Belnahua, slate quarries and settlement (4.8 km).
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