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The village of Port Ramsay, built in 19th century to accommodate limeburners to service the then thriving lime industry. Lismore (from Gaelic 'Big Garden') has a limestone structure which made for very productive agriculture.
©david edwards
A view from the lime works at Port Ramsay, Isle of Lismore, looking over to Eilean Ramsay and Eilean Droineath.
©Craig J Seath
Dist:0.1km<br/>Old lime workings on the Isle of Lismore (The Big Garden)
©Craig J Seath
Dist:0.1km<br/>A tiny village street huddles into the headland. Ben Nevis and Beinn a' Bheithir show wintry summits.
©Alan Reid
Dist:0.2km<br/>These kilns were used up to the First World War, lime can be used for treating heavy clay land for agriculture or for cement making. For more details of lime burning in Lismore see: http://www.isleoflismore.com/History/history/history.htm
©Michael Jagger
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©David Gearing
Dist:0.2km<br/>The structure in the foreground appears to be man made, I am not sure if it is an old pier, or a causeway to the nearby Island or part of a fish trap. On the distant shore of Morvern (to the left) you can see part of the Glensanda Super Quarry.
©Michael Jagger
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©Michael Jagger
Dist:0.2km<br/>The hamlet of Port Ramsay at the north end of the island of Lismore was established in the early 19th century to house workers in the local lime-burning industry. Lime-burning was carried out here until the outbreak of the First World War.
©Bob Jones
Dist:0.2km<br/>In the nineteenth century, limeburning was carried out commercially at several locations on Lismore. The limekiln pictured is close to the hamlet of Port Ramsay, which housed some of the workers. Another limekiln is situated to the west of Port Ramsay: [[605522]]
©Eileen Henderson
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©Michael Jagger
Dist:0.2km<br/>The picture was taken at low water, just to the left (off the picture) is Eilean Trenach, (a wonderful area for collecting shells and rock pooling)
©Michael Jagger
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©Michael Jagger
Dist:0.2km<br/>The hamlet of Port Ramsay, at the north end of Lismore, has a spectacular setting. To the north, up Loch Linnhe, can be seen (in the centre of the photo) Beinn a Bheithir, with Ben Nevis in the far distance, to the left.
©Eileen Henderson
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©Michael Jagger

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