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Field Visit
Date 1 December 1994
Event ID 1148933
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1148933
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Bonshaw Tile Works was established in the latter half of the 19th century, and is depicted on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Dumfriesshire, sheet lviii, 1900). Of the buildings shown on this map, only the kiln survives, and this is a two-chamber example of the Newcastle type; the outline of the drying sheds and the other buildings are now indicated by a pattern of robber trenches. The map indicates a pond to the SE of the kiln; this was still waterfilled on the date of visit, but there is also evidence of several other dammed ponds, now breached, to the N. A tramway is also depicted, running from the processing plant to the clay pit, but only a short stretch now survives and the clay pit has been removed by the construction of the new motorway. Strewn across the area, there are fragments of red bricks and drainage tiles, but most of this appears to be wastage. The Tile Works was connected by a siding to the Kirtlebridge, Annan and Brayton Branch of the Caledonian Railway.
Visited by RCAHMS (ARW, SPH), 1 December 1994.
Bonshaw. Listed as tileworks.
RCAHMS 1997.
