Achavrasdal Mine

There is a small outcrop of haematite iron at Achvarasdal. [Smart] Attempts at iron ore mining were made in the early 1870s, and an 1874 map reveals that a windmill was built, probably for pumping. [Wikipedia]

Notes: The surface buildings are depicted as roofed and named on the Ordnance Survey 1st-edition, 25-inch map (Caithness, 1878) as 'Mine (Ironstone)'. The railway line spur appears to have been dismantled. [GSG 2008]

Links and Resources:

aditnow.
Jeremy G. Landless, 2014, A Gazetteer of the Metal Mines of Scotland, p. 8.
Canmore ID 295294.
Caithness X.1 (Combined), Survey date: 1872 Publication date: 1892. Shows old shaft.
Caithness X.6 (Reay), Survey date: 1872 Publication date: 1873. Shows mine buildings, marked mine (ironstone, adjacent to windmill.
Caithness, Sheet X (includes: Halkirk; Reay), Survey date: 1872 Publication date: 1877
Grampian Speleological Group. (2008) Mines in Scotland, in Alan L Jeffreys, a revised re-publication of the Glasgow Speleological Society Journal Volume 1, part 4 (1968. Page(s): 20.
en.wikipedia-on-ipfs.org/wiki/Achvarasdal_House.html.
Smith, John Smart (1988). The County of Caithness. Scottish Academic Press. pp. 97, 149.

This entry was last updated: 2020-10-18 08:48:07

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NGR:	NC 98700 64700
WGS84:	58.55851, -3.74275
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	Not recorded
Geology:	Reay Diorite - Quartz-diorite
Tags:	Mine, ManMade, Archaeo
Registry:	second

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