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Raasay: Churchton Bay and Ben Tianavaig on Skye

10 Apr 2019 84
A view of Churchton Bay at Clachan on Raasay, taken from the old ironstone mine tramway. The long sunlit building to the right of centre of the photo is the modern Inverarish Community Centre. Ben Tianavaig on Skye forms an impressive backdrop.

Raasay: Inverarish from mine tramway

10 Apr 2019 76
A view of Inverarish and Churchton Bay taken from the old ironstone mine tramway. The buildings in the foreground are Inverarish Terrace, built by William Baird & Co. to house the mine workers, many of whom were German prisoners of war. The long sunlit building in the centre of the photo is the modern Inverarish Community Centre. The distant hills are on Skye.

Raasay: Ironstone processing works - southern end…

10 Apr 2019 150
Raasay Ironstone Mine and Processing Works This is a view from the last section of the tramway which brought ore down from the mine adits to the processing plant. The tramway disappears out of view as it drops steeply down the incline to the processing plant. The Red Cuillin mountains of Skye are in the background. Background The two adits of Raasay No.1 ironstone Mine were situated about 2.5 km north of East Suisnish pier and worked the Jurassic (Upper Lias) age siderite and chamosite ores from 1914 to 1920. The mine was owned and developed by William Baird & Co. who also built the terraces of houses in the village of Inverarish to house the mine workers, many of whom were German prisoners of war. A tramway and incline connected the mine to the processing works (crusher, calcining kilns, gantries, loading hoppers) at East Suisnish. A second pair of mine adits (Raasay No.2 Ironstone Mine) just north of Inverarish were also opened up around the same time but never went into proper production due to geological difficulties (faulting). There was also a small amount of opencast outcrop mining carried out near the No.1 Mine, again around the same time. The works were dismantled by 1943 but the site is now a scheduled protected monument. A view of the works in 1917 is here: geoscenic.bgs.ac.uk/asset-bank/action/viewAsset?id=1343

Raasay: Ironstone processing works - view down inc…

10 Apr 2019 1 80
Raasay Ironstone Mine and Processing Works This is a view down the incline on the last section of the tramway which brought ore down from the mine adits to the processing plant. The concrete blocks in the foreground are part of the crusher house foundations and just below centre are the gantry supports from which ore would have been transported from the crusher to be fed into the calcining kilns. The gantry and crusher house can be seen in the 1917 photo in the link below. East Suisnish pier and the mountains of Skye are in the background. Background The two adits of Raasay No.1 ironstone Mine were situated about 2.5 km north of East Suisnish pier and worked the Jurassic (Upper Lias) age siderite and chamosite ores from 1914 to 1920. The mine was owned and developed by William Baird & Co. who also built the terraces of houses in the village of Inverarish to house the mine workers, many of whom were German prisoners of war. A tramway and incline connected the mine to the processing works (crusher, calcining kilns, gantries, loading hoppers) at East Suisnish. A second pair of mine adits (Raasay No.2 Ironstone Mine) just north of Inverarish were also opened up around the same time but never went into proper production due to geological difficulties (faulting). There was also a small amount of opencast outcrop mining carried out near the No.1 Mine, again around the same time. The works were dismantled by 1943 but the site is now a scheduled protected monument. A view of the works in 1917 is here: geoscenic.bgs.ac.uk/asset-bank/action/viewAsset?id=1343

Raasay: Ironstone processing works - ore hopper an…

10 Apr 2019 1 67
Raasay Ironstone Mine and Processing Works The remains of the ore hopper from which crushed and calcined ore was stored prior to loading via conveyor into boats at the East Suisnish pier. The mountains and hills of Skye are in the distance. Background The two adits of Raasay No.1 ironstone Mine were situated about 2.5 km north of East Suisnish pier and worked the Jurassic (Upper Lias) age siderite and chamosite ores from 1914 to 1920. The mine was owned and developed by William Baird & Co. who also built the terraces of houses in the village of Inverarish to house the mine workers, many of whom were German prisoners of war. A tramway and incline connected the mine to the processing works (crusher, calcining kilns, gantries, loading hoppers) at East Suisnish. A second pair of mine adits (Raasay No.2 Ironstone Mine) just north of Inverarish were also opened up around the same time but never went into proper production due to geological difficulties (faulting). There was also a small amount of opencast outcrop mining carried out near the No.1 Mine, again around the same time. The works were dismantled by 1943 but the site is now a scheduled protected monument. A view of the works in 1917 is here: geoscenic.bgs.ac.uk/asset-bank/action/viewAsset?id=1343

Raasay: Ironstone processing works - old office bl…

10 Apr 2019 106
Raasay Ironstone Mine and Processing Works The old office block at East Suisnish viewed from the tramway incline. The hills of Skye are in the background with the imposing east face of Ben Tianavaig to the right. Background The two adits of Raasay No.1 ironstone Mine were situated about 2.5 km north of East Suisnish pier and worked the Jurassic (Upper Lias) age siderite and chamosite ores from 1914 to 1920. The mine was owned and developed by William Baird & Co. who also built the terraces of houses in the village of Inverarish to house the mine workers, many of whom were German prisoners of war. A tramway and incline connected the mine to the processing works (crusher, calcining kilns, gantries, loading hoppers) at East Suisnish. A second pair of mine adits (Raasay No.2 Ironstone Mine) just north of Inverarish were also opened up around the same time but never went into proper production due to geological difficulties (faulting). There was also a small amount of opencast outcrop mining carried out near the No.1 Mine, again around the same time. The works were dismantled by 1943 but the site is now a scheduled protected monument. A view of the works in 1917 is here: geoscenic.bgs.ac.uk/asset-bank/action/viewAsset?id=1343

Raasay: Ironstone processing works - old office bl…

10 Apr 2019 74
Raasay Ironstone Mine and Processing Works South facing side of the old office block at East Suisnish. Background The two adits of Raasay No.1 ironstone Mine were situated about 2.5 km north of East Suisnish pier and worked the Jurassic (Upper Lias) age siderite and chamosite ores from 1914 to 1920. The mine was owned and developed by William Baird & Co. who also built the terraces of houses in the village of Inverarish to house the mine workers, many of whom were German prisoners of war. A tramway and incline connected the mine to the processing works (crusher, calcining kilns, gantries, loading hoppers) at East Suisnish. A second pair of mine adits (Raasay No.2 Ironstone Mine) just north of Inverarish were also opened up around the same time but never went into proper production due to geological difficulties (faulting). There was also a small amount of opencast outcrop mining carried out near the No.1 Mine, again around the same time. The works were dismantled by 1943 but the site is now a scheduled protected monument. A view of the works in 1917 is here: geoscenic.bgs.ac.uk/asset-bank/action/viewAsset?id=1343

Raasay: East Suisnish pier - W L Byers anchor 2

10 Apr 2019 3 122
Close-up view of the Byers anchor fluke with its swastika symbol. The anchor was used to aid ships to be kept in position on East Suisnish pier while the ore was being loaded. It was made by W. L. Byers of Sunderland perhaps in the early years of the 20th century, and like many of their anchors, it has the swastika symbol on one of the flukes. The swastika has been around for many centuries as a symbol of good luck, and in this instance has absolutely nothing to do with the Nazis who subsequently appropriated it for their own dark purposes.

Raasay: East Suisnish pier - W L Byers anchor 1

10 Apr 2019 1 85
This anchor was used to aid ships to be kept in position on East Suisnish pier while the ore was being loaded. It was made by W. L. Byers of Sunderland perhaps in the early years of the 20th century, and like many of their anchors, it has the swastika symbol on one of the flukes. The swastika has been around for many centuries as a symbol of good luck, and in this instance has absolutely nothing to do with the Nazis who subsequently appropriated it for their own dark purposes.

Raasay: East Suisnish pier slipway 1

10 Apr 2019 2 81
East Suisnish pier, completed by 1914, was constructed by Robert McAlpine & Sons for William Baird & Co. who had purchased Raasay in 1912. Baird's developed the ironstone mining on Raasay and the pier was used to load processed iron ore on to boats for transport to iron and steel works elsewhere in the UK. The pier and adjacent slipway (shown here) was also used as the Raasay ferry terminal until the new terminal at Clachan was opened in 2011. The hills and mountains of Skye are in the distance.

Raasay: East Suisnish pier

10 Apr 2019 1 96
East Suisnish pier, completed by 1914, was constructed by Robert McAlpine & Sons for William Baird & Co. who had purchased Raasay in 1912. Baird's developed the ironstone mining on Raasay and the pier was used to load processed iron ore on to boats for transport to iron and steel works elsewhere in the UK. The pier and adjacent slipway was also used as the Raasay ferry terminal until the new terminal at Clachan was opened in 2011. The hills and mountains of Skye are in the distance.

Raasay: Morning view over Churchton Bay to the Bla…

11 Apr 2019 9 4 108
It was a beautiful, calm, and sunny April morning. The view over Churchton Bay to the Black Cuillins on Skye was lovely. The corrie just left of centre is Coire a' Bhasteir; the elegant cone to its left is Sgùrr nan Gillean - The Knight's Peak.

Raasay: Morning view over Churchton Bay to Skye

11 Apr 2019 2 2 115
It was a beautiful, calm, and sunny April morning on Raasay. The view over Churchton Bay to the Cuillins on Skye was lovely. The nearer mountain left of centre is Glamaig, part of the Red Cuillins; the Black Cuillins are in the distance to the right of centre. The faithful Raasay ferry is visible below Glamaig on its first early morning run to Sconser.

Raasay - Inver Bay panorama

07 Apr 2019 2 116
Raasay - A walk along the Allt a' Bhràghad to Inver Bay A panoramic view of Inver bay where the Allt a' Bhràghad flows into the sea having been slightly diverted by a short shingle spit. The Isle of Skye is visible in the background across the Sound of Raasay. A panoramic view comprised of three landscape photos sticthed together using Photoshop software.

Cliff section east of Amroth 2

28 Sep 2018 69
Telpyn Point to Amroth Between Amroth and Telpyn Point, magnificent cliff sections expose the upper Namurian sequence of deltaic channel-fill sandstones and intervening shale sequences. About 1.5 km east of Amroth, this photo shows the sequence gently dipping to the west. At the top of the cliff are brown sandstones: the lowest in the Coal Measures sequence. Below this are dark mudstones of the Gastrioceras subcrenatum Marine Band which marks the base of the Coal Measures. This is underlain by the Telpyn Point Sandstone (formerly designated as the Upper Sandstone), the uppermost main sandstone in the Namurian, and originally known as the 'Farewell Rock', so called because exploratory boreholes and shafts for coal penetrating the sandstone would no longer encounter any workable coals. Underlying the sandstone is a shale sequence. See notes for details.

Cliff section east of Amroth 1

28 Sep 2018 114
Telpyn Point to Amroth Between Amroth and Telpyn Point, magnificent cliff sections expose the upper Namurian sequence of deltaic channel-fill sandstones and intervening shale sequences. About 1.5 km east of Amroth, this photo shows the sequence gently dipping to the west. The dark mudstones of the Gastrioceras subcrenatum Marine Band which marks the base of the Coal Measures can be seen near the top of the cliff. This is underlain by the Telpyn Point Sandstone (formerly designated as the Upper Sandstone), the uppermost main sandstone in the Namurian, and originally known as the 'Farewell Rock', so called because exploratory boreholes and shafts for coal penetrating the sandstone would no longer encounter any workable coals. Underlying the sandstone is a shale sequence, with another sandstone (pale brown-grey) visible near the base of the cliff. See notes for details.

West of Telpyn Point - fault in Telpyn Point Sands…

28 Sep 2018 100
Telpyn Point to Amroth Between Amroth and Telpyn Point, magnificent cliff sections expose the upper Namurian sequence of deltaic channel-fill sandstones and intervening shale sequences. This photo shows a normal fault (in the centre) downthrowing approx.10 m to the east (right). The dark band just below the top of the cliff on the eastern side is a thin coaly horizon. Overlying this are mudstones of the Gastrioceras subcrenatum Marine Band which marks the base of the Coal Measures. The main part of the cliff section is in the Telpyn Point Sandstone (formerly designated as the Upper Sandstone), the uppermost main sandstone in the Namurian, and originally known as the 'Farewell Rock', so called because exploratory boreholes and shafts for coal penetrating the sandstone would no longer encounter any workable coals. Underlying the sandstone is a shale sequence. See notes for details.

Marros west - cryogenic anticline and solifluction…

28 Sep 2018 107
Marros Sands to Amroth Just east of Amroth, we cross the county boundary into Carmarthenshire. The fine beach of Marros Sands, some 4 km east of Amroth is relatively isolated between Telpyn Point and Ragwen Point. There is no road access; the only way to get here is along the coastal paths, along the beach at lowest tide, or by boat. At the western end of Marros Sands the Teague's Wood valley cuts down to the beach. The valley centre is filled with solifluction deposits ('Head') formed by freeze-thaw cycles of permafrost melting and refreezing at the end of the last glacial period (Devensian). This is a closer view of the cryogenic anticlinal fold in the shales of the Bishopton Mudstone Formation The fold is probably due to valley bulging during melting of the permafrost. The fold is quite superficial and probably does not extend more than a few metres into the sub-surface. Overlying the shales are angular, frost-shattered, shale fragments, possibly with some upward pointing ice-wedging structures. This is overlain in turn by a paler, angular, solifluction 'Head' and modern river alluvium, mostly sand with rounded pebbles and cobbles. See notes. The walking stick is approx. 90 cm long

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