- TITLE
- Lime Kilns, Ard Neackie, Loch Eriboll
- EXTERNAL ID
- PC_WDOWNIE_017
- PLACENAME
- Loch Eriboll
- DISTRICT
- Eddrachillis and Durness
- OLD COUNTY/PARISH
- SUTHERLAND: Durness
- DATE OF IMAGE
- 2000
- PERIOD
- 2000s
- SOURCE
- W Downie
- ASSET ID
- 30194
- KEYWORDS
- lochs
quarries
limestone
quarrying
u-boats

Ard Neakie is connected to the mainland only by a cord of sand linking it to the east shore of Loch Eriboll. It was once the site of an active limestone quarry and four lime kilns, built in 1840. The Reay estate produced large amounts of lime here, and transported it onto nearby ships. It was used as a neutralising agent, when reclaiming peaty soils for cultivation.
Loch Eriboll is the deepest sea loch in the United Kingdom, once used as an important naval anchorage. It was an important German U-boat surrender rendezvous point, in May 1945. At this time over thirty u-boats came into Loch Eriboll. The west side of the loch is formed from quartzite and the east from limestone.