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Ariundle Oakwood Adit

Ardnamurchan, Ariundle Oakwoods, Argyllshire, Invernessshire.

A narrow triangular slot between two large moss covered boulders below a birch tree lead to the Adit entrance to an Old Lead Mine.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Ariundle Oakwood (Scottish Gaelic: Àirigh Fhionndail "the shieling of the white meadow") is situated to the north of the village of Strontian in the Sunart area of the Highlands of Scotland. It is located on the western side of the glen of the Strontian River, to the south of former lead mining sites that lie further up this glen. The wood is part of the ancient Sunart Oakwood, and is a remnant of ancient oak woods that once spanned the Atlantic coasts of Europe from Norway to Portugal. It was designated as a National Nature Reserve in 1977, and is managed primarily by NatureScot, in conjunction with Forestry and Land Scotland, who own the land surrounding the National Nature Reserve. [Wikipedia]