Easdale, North Jetty, Slate Slabs
Jetty (19th Century)
Site Name Easdale, North Jetty, Slate Slabs
Classification Jetty (19th Century)
Canmore ID 150654
Site Number NM71NW 2.02
NGR NM 73882 17089
NGR Description Centred NM 7388 1710
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilbrandon And Kilchattan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Note: the items marked out as "gravestones" in the catalogue slips are in fact slate slabs, their function being to enable the stacking of slate loads. See RCAHMS Vol 2 Lorn, No 356.
Publication Account
These slate slabs on end on the jetty/quayside may havebeen built as part of the harbour upgrade of c.1826. There were originally ten such compartments. This is where the slate awaiting to be loaded onto boats woud have been stacked according to size.
RCAHMS (1975)