Marble Pools Skye

Even considering a swim in the marble pools i d spotted on friday would have been unthinkable in some summers gone by.

Marble pools skye.

Marble from torrin was used in armadale castle and iona abbey. Follow the cleaning process with a slush coat made up of one part slurry bond and four parts water 12 hours before the application of the plaster and then proceed with the marbelite application without wetting down the pool. Acid wash the pool surface before application of the marbelite if spreading the material on a used pool surface. Day by day a story of the hebrides and other scottish islands and occasional other little places in little tiny square photographs by donnie mackay isle of skye saturday 14 december 2013 blaven pools torrin.

It was formed when the ancient durness limestone of cambrian age was heated and recrystallised metamorphosed when hot magma was forced up through these rocks. The following selection of pools has a common denominator. We did 2 pools. Marble pool in allt aigean near torrin.

Skye marble has been extracted from strath suardal for centuries. Once you arrive on the isle of skye take the a87 to broadford turning off at the broadford hotel and head along the b8083 towards elgol. Marble pools in spate torrin isle of skye. The deep pools are not far from the elgol broadford road so are easily accessible with plenty or parking on the shores of loch slapin.

This is a longer walk to the cleared village of boreraig interesting for those that would like to know more about the history of skye. Torrin has a quarry at each end of the village to extract magnesium rich marble and limestone to produce lime. Martin martin recorded quarries on the south side of the valley in 1703. In today s post we will immerse ourselves in the best summer in the open air caressed by the sun and.

When you reach torrin look out for the signpost on the left hand side of the road by the entrance to the leiths skye marble quarry drive along and turn off the main road taking the tarmac drive on your left when you see the sign for 9 torrin holidays. This village was cleared of its people to make way for sheep in the 1850 s the village is now a mix of ruined stone houses by the shore of loch eishort. Marble pools at torrin. Rock pool eroded into skye white marble slab in mountain stream bed of allt aigeinn with sgurr nan each beyond torrin isle of skye scotland uk.

Skye marble skye marble quarry torrin isle of skye scotland skye marble is one of the only true marbles in britain. The first was a narrow deep channel with a marvelous jacuzzi effect and the second had a beautiful deep smooth white clean bowl sweeping out below the fall.