RCAHMS ink site plan showing location of buildings within Salt-works.

Description RCAHMS ink site plan showing location of buildings within Salt-works.

Date 28/9/1981

Catalogue Number SC 358691

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of A 57437 P

Scope and Content Drawing showing site plan of salt pans at Cock of Arran, Isle of Arran Coal was mined at this remote site on the north-east coast of Arran during the early 18th century. The Hamilton family ran a coal-fired saltpan here from 1710 to 1735, initially using workers from their saltpans in Bo'ness on the Firth of Forth. This drawing shows a plan of the site. The semicircular ended building (A) is the pan-house, or boiling-house. It is located near the shore for easy access to sea-water. The fore-house (B) next to it may also have been a bothy for the salters. The two-roomed building (C) was a storehouse or girnal built in 1712, while the two ranges (D) were dwellings for the workers. The area marked (E) and (F) are the mouths of coal-pits, and building (G) probably accommodated the salt Excise Officer. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Scale 1:500

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