near to Kilmuir, Isle of Skye, Scotland
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Dunvegan Quarry
by John Allan
Now redundant and used, unofficially, as a rubbish tip.
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Dunvegan cemetery
Looking across the cemetery towards Kilmuir from the slope of Cnoc Mòr.
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Unusual structure
This concrete structure stands on the slope above the A850 a mile or so out of Dunvegan. There is no path or track to it. It has no windows or door, just two bolted down manholes on the roof, and four small ventilation grills, two of which... (more)
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Dunvegan quarry
The quarry is disused.
The scale is not obvious in this picture. Along the top of the quarry is a stock control fence. On the quarry floor, on the far right, is a dumped chest-freezer.
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Health and Safety issue?
An old quarry track up the hillside ends at this broken down fence with a sheer drop of at least a hundred feet into the quarry a few steps further on.
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Crags on Bèinn a' Chapuill
The disused Dunvegan quarry is immediately to the left of these crags which are on the slope of the Bèinn.
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Moorland towards Bèinn a' Chapuill
From the flattish top of Cnoc Mòr, looking north east.
The moorland is grazed by a few sheep.
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Moorland of Skriag
Remains of a fence and earth dyke on the moorland south of Cnoc Mòr - an area the OS map marks as Skriag.
The moor is grazed by a few sheep.
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Moorland on Cnoc Mòr
Looking south east from a crag on Cnoc Mòr.
The A850 Dunvegan to Fairy Bridge road can be seen on the right.
The disused Dunvegan quarry (in this grid square) is prominent.
The vehicle tracks on the moorland are left by 21st century... (more)
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