There is a possibility I may be spending much of January in Inverness. Who knows how much spare time I will have but I expect there will be some.

Anything I should be visiting whilst I'm there?

I can't work out how to view mines in a particular area without knowing the name of at least one of them.....

Mines, Quarries and Sites tab, Country - UK, OS map Sheet (NJ?), choose list/map type - seems to work.

Jim

*INVERNESS-SHIRE

Inchnacardoch NGR NH 379 104 Explorer Fort Augustus, Inverness-shire
The lead mine is on the hill at the rear of the Inchnacardoch Hotel. This mine my well be lost due to afforestation.
Landless 31
Wilson 1921 109

Inverscaddle Trial NGR NH Explorer Inverness-shire
A small lead Trial probably in the Ben Nevis area.
Landless 32
Wilson 1921 109

Iron Copper Trial, Kilchrist, Breoadford, Isle of Skye. NGR NG 616 201

La na Meine, Strathglass. NGR NH 383 577

Struy Lead Mine, Strathglass. aka Strath Glass Mine. NGR NH 375 381 Landranger 26 Inverness-shire
Three veins carrying lead, wulfenite and zinc occur south-south-west of Struy bridge. The veins were on the Lovat (Fraser) estates and were mined on a small scale during the first half of the 19th. century, together with a graphite seam at Loch a’ Mhuillidh in Glen Strathfarrer. The vein near Struy Lodge is about twenty inches thick, but the largest working was at the west end of Loch na Meine (Loch of the Ore) and the old shaft and surface workings, together with the remains of the engine houses and sluices can still be made out.

Anderson, George and Peter Anderson 1863 Fourth edition. Guide to the Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland including Orkney and Zetland. Adam & Charles Black, Edinburgh. 589-590

Anon 1985 Allt Tigh Cumhaig Site of Special Scientific Interest. NGR NH 389 379. Lists minerals and is associated with Struy Lead Mine.

Landless 57 gives NGR NH 391 384, NH 389 379, NH 388 382, NH 375 381. The last NGR is the main site.

M&M (1) 28; Green and Todd 16

Russell, A, 1946 An account of the Struy Lead Mines, Inverness-shire and of wulfenite, harmotome, and other minerals which occur there, Mineralogical Magazine (27) 1470-154

http://www.minersoc.org/pages/Archive-MM/Volume_27/27-192-147.pdf  accessed 11.6.09 full title below:
Russell,Sir Arthur Bart. 1944 An account of the Stray lead mines, Inverness-shire, and of wulfenite, harmotome, and other minerals which occur there. The Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of The Mineralogical Society. No. 192 March, 1944} Vol. XXVII. [Read November 2, 1944.]

Wilson 1921 108, 109

References

Landless Landless, J G 1993 3rd edition. A Gazetteer to the Metal Mines of Scotland. The Wanlockhead Museum Trust, Occasional Pub No 1.

Wilson 1921 Wilson, G V, 1921 Memoirs of the Geological Survey, Special Reports on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain, (17) – The Lead Zinc Copper and Nickel Ores of Scotland. HMSO, Edinburgh.

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I have heard that there were mica mines near Muir of Ord but have not established the exact location. My late uncle had actually seen them.

Mines, Quarries and Sites tab, Country - UK, OS map Sheet (NJ?), choose list/map type - seems to work.

Jim

Or just click on the grid square on the map on the homepage !

Only 13 apparently, shouldn't take long !

Or just click on the grid square on the map on the homepage !

Only 13 apparently, shouldn't take long !

That doesn't seem to work Chris.

Works just dandy for me.

I would contact the Grampian, they should be able to supply some information on mines in the area.
Cheers
Allan

Works just dandy for me.

It hasn't worked for me for a long time - I presumed Simon was overhauling it along with other parts of the site.

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Works just dandy for me.

It hasn't worked for me for a long time - I presumed Simon was overhauling it along with other parts of the site.

Just tested it on my phone (away at present so can't test in different browsers on a computer) and it worked fine.

Why happens when you click on a square? E.g.click on SN. It should give you the list. But do you get nothing? Or an error message?

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Mines, Quarries and Sites tab, Country - UK, OS map Sheet (NJ?), choose list/map type - seems to work.

Jim

Or just click on the grid square on the map on the homepage !

Only 13 apparently, shouldn't take long !

Works for me also, what's more I've just learned a bit more about how to use the site, thanks Chris.

Jim:)

I suspect it isn't working for people who've got adblockers enabled on the page.

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I suspect it isn't working for people who've got adblockers enabled on the page.

Quite possibly, or could be an issue with certain browsers. It's a bog standard old fashioned imagemap though, no JS or anything like that.

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Thanks all

Just having a bit of a mental block as I'm sure I've used both methods before!

Trip very much an uncertain possibility at the moment but who knows 🙂

I suspect it isn't working for people who've got adblockers enabled on the page.

I've tried it on Firefox (v49.0.2) with AdBlock Plus variously enabled or disabled. The OS imagemap and links to the calendar, photo competition etc are only active with AdBlockPlus disabled.

I am using Chrome and yes, I do have an adblocker.

When I position cursor over the map nothing happens at all. It is just a set of black grid squares.

I am using Chrome and yes, I do have an adblocker.

When I position cursor over the map nothing happens at all. It is just a set of black grid squares.

If you left-click on the adblocker icon at the top right of screen, and then select 'don't run on pages on this domain', then the GR squares map should work for you.

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Thanks Rob, yes that worked. :thumbup:

I suspect it isn't working for people who've got adblockers enabled on the page.

I've tried it on Firefox (v49.0.2) with AdBlock Plus variously enabled or disabled. The OS imagemap and links to the calendar, photo competition etc are only active with AdBlockPlus disabled.

Thanks for testing and resolving that Skimble :)

Blocking in-site links... What an over zealous bit of software 😞

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I would contact the Grampian, they should be able to supply some information on mines in the area.
Cheers
Allan

An excellent idea, I may just do that once my plans become more concrete.

I may be there on a training course and it's likely to be cheaper to stay up weekends than travel up and down.

Might be a bit fresh up there in January mind?