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Aberdeen, Old Aberdeen, Seaton Pottery, Brick And Tile Works
Brickworks (Period Unassigned), Tile Works (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Aberdeen, Old Aberdeen, Seaton Pottery, Brick And Tile Works
Classification Brickworks (Period Unassigned), Tile Works (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Seaton Tile And Brick Works
Canmore ID 112295
Site Number NJ90NW 331
NGR NJ 946 086
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/112295
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Aberdeen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ90NW 331 946 086
Not to be confused with brick- and tileworks around NJ 9488 0863 (adjacent to E), for which see NJ90NW 1774.
This brick- and tileworks operated from 1867 to 1967; the site has been cleared.
G Douglas and M Oglethorpe 1993; NMRS, MS/500/41/3 (visited 1981).
(Seaton Tile and Brick Works: location cited as NJ 948 085).
Destroyed.
NMRS, MS/712/83.
The site of this brick and tile works lies in an area now occupied by modern multi-storey housing.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 27 August 2001.
NJ 946 086 A research excavation at the site of the Seaton Pottery in August and September 2002 revealed floors and walls associated with Scotland's most northerly industrial pottery. A dump of pottery contained many smashed vessels as well as kiln furniture, including saggars, annular kiln spacers and stilts. Recognisable products of the pottery include sherds of agate wares, dab-wares, dairy bowls and unglazed gardening wares.
Archive deposited in Aberdeen City SMR and the NMRS.
Sponsor: HS
A Cameron 2002.
NJ 946 086 Two seasons of excavation at Scotland's most northerly industrial pottery (DES 2002, 7) have produced finds and features from three phases of ownership (Gavin & Ritchie 1867-1904; Clarke & Smith 1904-5; and Mills 1905-64). Building foundations have been recorded and the extent of the pottery ascertained. Unfortunately the kiln building is now under a road which cuts the site in half. After the pottery went out of business the land was used for housing and recreation. As a result the remains are under 1.5-2m of sandy soil.
A large number of finds include fragments of dab ware food storage barrels, bowls, various agate ware products, and large numbers of plant pots. These were the main product of the pottery for the last 50 years of its life. A number of plant pots stamped 'Clarke & Smith' are the first evidence that these art potters from Denby made plant pots. A mid-20th-century deposit included stacks of up to six complete plant pots which had exploded and fused together in the kiln. Kiln furniture was also prevalent: annular kiln spacers, saggars and hand-made spacers, as well as white pipe-clay spacers and pips, some decorated with flowers and stars. A number of small hand-made tools were found, including ribs for cleaning the surface of thrown pots.
Sponsor: HS
A Cameron 2003.
