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Tormore Quarry is a slate extraction site located at Fionnphort in Argyllshire, Scotland, comprising quarried areas, extensive spoil heaps, associated trackways, and a pier infrastructure. The quarry represents industrial extraction activity dating to the nineteenth century, when slate production formed an important economic activity in the Hebrides. The physical remains include the characteristic terraced quarry faces, accumulated waste material from processing operations, and evidence of transport routes that connected the quarrying operations to the pier, which facilitated the shipment of slate to markets beyond the island. This site preserves substantial material evidence of the scale and organisation of nineteenth-century Scottish slate extraction and its integration with maritime transport networks.
Tormore Quarry, quarry, spoil heaps, trackways and pier, Fionnphort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13716. View the official record →
Tormore Quarry is a slate extraction site located at Fionnphort in Argyllshire, Scotland, comprising quarried areas, extensive spoil heaps, associated trackways, and a pier infrastructure. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13716.
Tormore Quarry, quarry, spoil heaps, trackways and pier, Fionnphort 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 SM13716.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Achaban House, standing stone (1.3 km), St Mary's Abbey, Iona, monastic settlement (1.4 km), Loch Poit na h-I, crannog 220m SSE of Achaban House (1.5 km).
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