Interior. General view of vaulted interior of kiln from W.
SC 358491
Description Interior. General view of vaulted interior of kiln from W.
Catalogue Number SC 358491
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of BN 1156
Scope and Content Interior of kiln at Blackpots Brick and Tile Works, Whitehills, Knock Head, Grampian Blackpots Brick and Tile Works was established on Blackpots Farm by Dr Saunders, and extended by his son in 1788. It produced pantiles until the early 20th century, bricks until 1946 and drainage-tiles from 1840 until it closed in the 1970s. The central kiln was stacked with moulded pipes. Furnaces under the floor raised the temperature and fired the clay. It had a capacity of 40 imperial tons of pottery and was fired sixteen times each season. Although Scottish potteries made some use of local clay, their sites were usually chosen for their nearness to a good supply of coal. It took about 15 tons of coal to fire one ton of pottery. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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