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Belnahua is a slate quarrying and settlement site located on the island of Belnahua in Argyllshire, Scotland. The quarries date primarily to the nineteenth century, when intensive slate extraction became a significant economic activity in the region. The site comprises both the physical remains of the quarrying operations, including worked slate faces and spoil heaps, and the associated settlement structures that housed the workforce engaged in this industrial enterprise. Belnahua represents an important example of the slate industry that developed across the Scottish Highlands and islands during the industrial period.
Belnahua, slate quarries and settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13216. View the official record →
Belnahua is a slate quarrying and settlement site located on the island of Belnahua in Argyllshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13216.
Belnahua, slate quarries and settlement 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 SM13216.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ballycastle,dun,Luing (3.9 km), Dun Ablaich,earthwork,Luing (3.9 km), Leccamore,dun 500m SW of (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Belnahua, slate quarries and settlement's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Belnahua, slate quarries and settlement stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite, semipelite and pelite.