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Line 1: {{Use dmy dates\|date=~~February~~July ~~2011~~2020}}▼ {{Infobox UK place \| official_name = Glensanda \| scots_name = \| local_name = \| country = Scotland \| map_type = Lochaber \| population = \| population_ref = \| population_density = \| os_grid_reference = \| edinburgh_distance = {{cvt\|190\|mi\|km\|disp=or}} (road)<br> ({{cvt\|149\|mi\|km\|disp=or}} via [[Corran Ferry]]) \| london_distance = {{cvt\|567\|mi\|km\|disp=or}} (road)<br> ({{cvt\|526\|mi\|km\|disp=or}} via Corran Ferry) \| coordinates = {{coord\|56.563\|-5.543\|display=inline,title}} \| post_town = \| postcode_area = \| postcode_district = PA34 \| dial_code = 01631 \| constituency_westminster = [[Ross, Skye and Lochaber (UK Parliament constituency)\|Ross, Skye and Lochaber]] \| civil_parish = [[Ardgour]] \| unitary_scotland = [[Highland (council area)\|Highland]] \| lieutenancy_scotland = [[Inverness]] \| constituency_scottish_parliament = [[Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber (Scottish Parliament constituency)\|Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber]] \| website = \| static_image = \| static_image_caption = }} {{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]]. Line 32 ⟶ 33: Glensanda Castle (''Caisteal Na Gruagaich (Maiden's Castle)'';{{r\|RCAHMS}} overlooks the mouth of the Glensanda River which tumbles down 400 metres along its {{convert\|5\|mi\|km\|adj=on\|abbr=off\|0}} course from 'Caol Bheinn' into Loch Linnhe. The castle was the main base of the [[Clan Maclean\|Macleans]] of Kingairloch (Kingerloch) since the 15th century, but the population fell from 500 to zero after 1812 when they emigrated to [[Pictou]], [[Nova Scotia]].{{r\|Indy}}{{r\|CamUni}}{{r\|MacHist}} 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>[{{Cite web \|url=http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=178165&image_id=DP094385 \|title=Scotlands Places, Meall na h-Easaiche and Glensanda Quarry] \|access-date=6 March 2013 \|archive-date=4 March 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201315/http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=178165&image_id=DP094385 \|url-status=live }}</ref> shipping up to 6,000,000 tons of granite aggregates all over the world annually, and with reserves for up to 100 years. To minimise visual impact from the coast the quarry is sited {{convert\|1\|mi\|km\|0\|abbr=on}} inland, and cut down into the mountain {{convert\|1600\|ft\|m\|abbr=on\|sigfig=1}} above sea level. Granite is extracted via a "Glory Hole" and conveyor belt, a pioneering development in alternative quarrying technology.{{r\|Indy}} ==History== Line 48 ⟶ 49: 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}} In 1902 [[George Herbert Strutt]] (1854–1928), a 5th generation cotton tycoon from [[Belper]], [[Derbyshire]], and descendant of [[Jedediah Strutt]], bought the Glensanda and Kingairloch estates.{{r\|Indie July 2000}} In 1930 Arthur Strutt (1908–1977) married Patricia Kebbell (20 October 1911- – July 2000),{{r\|Telegraph}} daughter of a New Zealand sheep farmer, and granddaughter of John Cameron a Scottish cattle drover from Corrychoillie, [[Spean Bridge]] having been introduced by his sisters who were attending the same Swiss [[finishing school]].{{r\|Indie July 2000}}{{r\|Telegraph}} Arthur Strutt died on the estate in 1977 although his body was not found for five years. Mrs Strutt was a renowned [[Deer\|stag]] hunter, having shot circa 2,000 between 1930 and her death, more than any other woman in Great Britain.{{r\|Indie July 2000}}{{r\|Telegraph}} The final solitary resident of Glensanda died around the 1950s.{{r\|Indy}} By the 1980s Glensanda comprised the ruined tower of the 15th-century castle, a couple of derelict cottages, and a wrecked cattle shed. It was known as "the [[Larder]] of [[Lorne, Scotland\|Lorne]]" to poachers of [[red deer]] and [[salmon]].{{r\|Indy}} Line 63 ⟶ 64: [[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 [[Kingairloch]] estate which she also sold to Foster Yeoman in 1989.<ref name="Kingairloch">[{{Cite web \|url=http://www.kingairloch-holidays.co.uk/history \|title=Kingairloch History, A brief recent history of Kingairloch Estate] \|access-date=28 August 2009 \|archive-date=31 August 2009 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831071906/http://www.kingairloch-holidays.co.uk/history \|url-status=live }}</ref> Glensanda went into operation in 1986 when the first shipload of granite left for [[Houston]], [[Texas]], USA. In June 1989, extractions began using the "[[glory hole (mining)\|glory hole]]" and conveyor belt method.{{r\|Indy}}<ref name="Herald 1989">{{cite news \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=khk1AAAAIBAJ~~&sjid=Q6YLAAAAIBAJ~~&pg=3086%2C1709230 \|title=Glensanda disappearing down the glory hole \|first=Andrew \|last=McCallum \|work=[[The Glasgow Herald]] \|date=6 October 1989 \|page=15 \|~~accessdate~~access-date=20 April 2019}}</ref> 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. Each explosive blast dislodges about 70,000 tons of granite, which is transported by dump truck to the primary crusher, which reduces it to lumps no bigger than nine inches in diameter.{{r\|Indy}} It is then transferred by conveyor belt to a heap that covers the "glory hole", a {{convert\|1000\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}} vertical shaft {{convert\|10\|ft\|m\|0\|abbr=on}} in diameter, which is permanently full of rocks. At the base of the glory hole, deep inside the mountain, rocks are transferred to a horizontal conveyor and moved through a {{convert\|1\|mi\|km\|adj=mid\|-long}} tunnel to the second crusher on the shore, where oceangoing ships are loaded in the deep-water docks at the rate of 6,000 tons per hour.{{r\|Indy}} In 1998 there were approximately 160 employees either ~~live~~living on site or ~~commute~~commuting by boat from [[Barcaldine, Argyll\|Barcaldine]], near [[Oban]]. Exports at that point were going to [[Amsterdam]], [[Hamburg]], [[Rostock]] and [[Świnoujście]], in [[Poland]], as well as the [[Isle of Grain]] in the [[Thames Estuary]].{{r\|Indy}} 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}} Line 90 ⟶ 91: <!--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="~~EdiUni~~EdiUni2">[http://www.~~geo~~scottish-places.edinfo/features/featurefirst4772.achtml Kingairloch House] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.ukarchive.org/~~scotgaz~~web/~~towns~~20121020163029/~~townhistory5507~~http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst4772.html ~~Kingairloch]~~\|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="EdiUni2">[http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst4772.html Kingairloch House] University of Edinburgh, Gazetteer for Scotland</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="Falk">[http://www.falkirklocalhistorysociety.co.uk/home/index.php?id=134 Carronvale House] Falkirk Local History Society</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="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"] Hub-4, News,</ref> <ref name="MacK Mac">{{cite book \|author=[[James Noël MacKenzie MacLean]] \|~~coauthors~~author-link=James Noël MacKenzie MacLean \|title=The Macleans of Sweden \|year=1971 \|publisher=The Ampersand ~~\|quote=~~ \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U9CIAQAACAAJ~~&dq~~ \|isbn=0-900161-00-0 }}</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"] ''The Independent'', 7 November 1998, County and Garden, Duff Hart-Davis</ref> ▲<ref name="Indie July 2000">[https://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"] Clan Maclean, The Clearances,, Mary McLean Hoff</ref> ▲<ref name="MacK Mac">{{cite book \|author=[[James Noël MacKenzie MacLean]] \|coauthors= \|title=The Macleans of Sweden \|year=1971 \|publisher=The Ampersand \|quote= \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U9CIAQAACAAJ&dq \|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~~&lpg=PA154&dq=kingerloch&source=bl&ots=vqQblULlS9&sig=S89r64BtX5KQxQVd5svyaKmHtlQ&hl=en&ei=YPabSsHhG9qhjAfQvuzbDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6#v=snippet&q=1812&f=false~~ ''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> Line 131 ⟶ 123: ==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 }} ▲{{Use dmy dates\|date=February 2011}} [[Category:Glens of Scotland]]