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Worker's dwellings from North North East
AG 209
Description Worker's dwellings from North North East
Date 1960
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number AG 209
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 2598355, SC 355150
Scope and Content Workers' dwellings ('H') at Bonawe Ironworks, Bonawe, Strathclyde Bonawe Ironworks on the shore of Loch Etive was founded in 1752-3 by Richard Ford and Company as an offshoot of their works at Furness in England. It exploited local wood for smelting iron ore brought via the loch from Lancashire and Cumberland. These workers' dwellings to the south east of the furnace are some of the buildings, including a school and a church, erected by the company to create a self-contained industrial community around the works. In the 18th century, the timber supply attracted several iron companies to Scotland, including an Irish co-partnership at Glen Kinglass, and two English companies from Furness at Craleckan and at Bonawe - now the best-preserved site. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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