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Photograph of ink site plan showing location of buildings within Salt-works.
A 57437 P
Description Photograph of ink site plan showing location of buildings within Salt-works.
Date 1981
Catalogue Number A 57437 P
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copy of DC 10667
Copies SC 358691
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.
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