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{{Clan Maclean}}
[[File:Glensanda from Glas Dhruim on Lismore - geograph.org.uk - 1588525.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4318|Glensanda from Glas Dhruim on [[Lismore, Scotland|Lismore]], with [[Loch Linnhe]] in the foreground, looking WSW.]]
'''Glensanda''' (Old Norse, the glen of the sandy river) was a [[Viking]] settlement at the mouth of Glen Sanda{{r|RCAHMS}} on the [[Morvern|Morvern peninsula]] within south west [[Lochaber]], overlooking the island of [[Lismore, Scotland|Lismore]] and [[Loch Linnhe]] in the western [[Highlands of Scotland]].
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The remoteness of the Glensanda settlement is such that there are no road, rail, or marked footway links across the [[granite]] mountain, moor, heather and [[peat bog]] of the private Glensanda estate. The only practical access is by boat from the shores of Loch Linnhe.
Since 1982 the {{convert|2400|ha|acre|adj=on}} Glensanda Estate has been the home of the Glensanda Superquarry created by [[Foster Yeoman]], since acquired by the [[Aggregate Industries]] group, which mines the Meall na h-Easaiche mountain,<ref>
==History==
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In 1812 [[Sir Hector Maclean, 7th Baronet|Sir Hector Maclean]] (the [[Maclean baronets|7th Baronet of Morvern]] and 23rd Chief of the [[Clan Maclean]]) emigrated with almost the entire population of 500 to [[Pictou]], [[Nova Scotia]], Canada.{{r|Indy}}{{r|CamUni}}{{r|MacHist}} Thus, the Macleans appear not to have been involved in [[Highland Clearances]].{{r|Mac 1}} Sir Hector is buried in the cemetery at Pictou.{{r|Mac 1}}{{r|MacHist}}
English landowner, James Forbes (1753–1829),{{r|Seax}} of Hutton Hall, [[Essex]],{{r|RCAHMS-King}}{{r|Rias}} bought the estate from Sir Hector Maclean in 1812 and subsequently had the existing house at Connach extended to become the first Kingairloch House. James Forbes daughter Charlotte married Major-General Sir Charles Bruce, [[Order of the Bath|KCB]] to become Lady Bruce, and was the mother of [[Charlotte, Lady Campbell-Bannerman|Charlotte]] (1836–1906) the wife of [[Henry Campbell-Bannerman]], Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.{{r|EdiUni2}}
In 1888 (or 1881{{r|EdiUni}}) the estate was purchased by John Bell Sherriff, Esquire of Carronvale, a distiller and industrialist from [[Glasgow]] and [[Falkirk]] for £30,140.}{{r|EdiUni}}{{r|Falk}}
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[[File:Glensanda quarry jetty, Loch Linnhe - geograph.org.uk - 242642.jpg|thumb|right|Glensanda quarry jetty, Loch Linnhe]]
[[File:Glensanda and quarry.jpg|thumb|left|The quarry]]
[[File:Kreiselbrecher.JPG|thumb|right|Top of the Gloryhole]]
In 1976 the UK Government commissioned [[Sir Ralph Verney, 5th Baronet|Sir Ralph Verney]] to analyse the shortage of aggregates for building. The resulting "Verney report" led John Yeoman, Chairman of Foster Yeoman, to the idea of a super-quarry situated in a remote location from which stone could be exported by sea. To this end in 1982 he bought the {{convert|2400|ha|acre|adj=on}} Glensanda estate in Argyll{{r|Hub4}} from Mrs Patricia Strutt who also owned the
To minimise visual impact from the coast the quarry is sited {{convert|1|mi|km|abbr=on}} inland, and cut down into the mountain {{convert|1600|ft|m|abbr=on|sigfig=1}} above sea level
In 1998 there were approximately 160 employees either
Reserves of granite are estimated to last at least until the year 2100, when the excavation will have created a new [[Cirque|corrie]] {{convert|1+1/2|mi|km|abbr=on}} square and {{convert|400|ft|m|abbr=on}} deep.{{r|Indy}}
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<!--UNUSED REFERENCE<ref name="Agg">[www.aggregate.com/documents/brochures/construction-solutions-overseas.pdf]</ref>-->
<ref name="CamUni">[http://google.com/search?q=cache:HdCUu92FPcMJ:www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/macinnes/imthesis8.pdf+%22loch+corry%22&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk Manuscripts - MacLean Sinclair 1899: p282] Cambridge University</ref>
<ref name="EdiUni">[http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/townhistory5507.html Kingairloch] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051226093758/http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/towns/townhistory5507.html |date=26 December 2005 }} University of Edinburgh, Gazetteer for Scotland</ref>
<ref name="EdiUni2">[http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst4772.html Kingairloch House] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020163029/http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst4772.html |date=20 October 2012 }} University of Edinburgh, Gazetteer for Scotland</ref>
<ref name="Falk">[http://www.falkirklocalhistorysociety.co.uk/home/index.php?id=134 Carronvale House] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719132015/http://www.falkirklocalhistorysociety.co.uk/home/index.php?id=134 |date=19 July 2011 }} Falkirk Local History Society</ref>
<ref name="Hub4">[http://www.hub-4.com/news/236/new-ship-loader-cabin-for-foster-yeoman-at-glensanda "New Ship Loader Cabin for Foster Yeoman at Glensanda"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922160845/http://hub-4.com/news/236/new-ship-loader-cabin-for-foster-yeoman-at-glensanda |date=22 September 2009 }} Hub-4, News,</ref>
<ref name="Indy">[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/country-and-garden-secrets-of-a-mountain-of-wealth-1183308.html "Secrets of a mountain of wealth"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807200453/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/country-and-garden-secrets-of-a-mountain-of-wealth-1183308.html |date=7 August 2017 }} ''The Independent'', 7 November 1998, County and Garden, Duff Hart-Davis</ref>
<ref name="Indie July 2000">[https://web.archive.org/web/20101201073218/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/the-killer-lady-of-kingairloch-709490.html "The killer lady of Kingairloch"] ''The Independent'', 5 July 2000</ref>
<ref name="Mac 1">[http://www.maclean.org/clan-maclean-history/maclean-clearances-1.php "Why MacLeans Live on Six Continents Instead of One Island"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515134700/http://www.maclean.org/clan-maclean-history/maclean-clearances-1.php |date=15 May 2010 }} Clan Maclean, The Clearances,, Mary McLean Hoff</ref>
<ref name="MacK Mac">{{cite book |author=James Noël MacKenzie MacLean |author-link=James Noël MacKenzie MacLean |title=The Macleans of Sweden |year=1971 |publisher=The Ampersand | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U9CIAQAACAAJ |isbn=0-900161-00-0 }}</ref>
<ref name="OxfordCompanion1">''Oxford Companion to Scottish History'' p. 161 162, edited by Michael Lynch, Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-19-923482-0}}</ref>
<ref name="RCAHMS">[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/23081/details/glensanda+castle/ Glensanda] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042842/http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/23081/details/glensanda+castle/ |date=29 March 2012 }} Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland</ref>
<ref name="RCAHMS-King">[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/107176/details/kingairloch+house/ Kingairloch House] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042944/http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/107176/details/kingairloch+house/ |date=29 March 2012 }} Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland</ref>
<ref name="MacHist">[https://books.google.com/books?id=GZDRnxhDmUkC&pg=PA154 ''A History of the Clan Maclean from its first settlement at Duard Castle, in the Isle of Mull, to the present period including a genealogical account of some of the principal Families together with their Heraldry, Legends, Superstitions etc.''] by [[John Patterson MacLean|J. P. MacLean]], 1889, p. 263.</ref>
<ref name="Rias">[http://www.rias.org.uk "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701052044/https://www.rias.org.uk/ |date=1 July 2022 }}, by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press</ref>
<ref name="Seax">[http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/result_details.asp?DocID=38895 Seax] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724182231/http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/result_details.asp?DocID=38895 |date=24 July 2011 }} Essex Archives Online</ref>
<ref name="Telegraph">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1346775/Patricia-Strutt.html Patricia Strutt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717004827/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1346775/Patricia-Strutt.html |date=17 July 2017 }} ''Daily Telegraph'', Obituaries, 6 July 2000</ref>
<ref name="Times">[http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/construction_and_property/article677678.ece "Foster Yeoman founding family agrees £300m Swiss takeover"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612071258/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/construction_and_property/article677678.ece |date=12 June 2011 }} ''The Times''</ref>
<ref name="Watson">Watson, ''Celtic Place-names of Scotland'', p. 122.</ref>
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==External links==
* [http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/23081/details/glensanda+castle/ Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland - Glensanda Castle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042842/http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/23081/details/glensanda+castle/ |date=29 March 2012 }}
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