H.M. Factory, Gretna, Site 3: Eastriggs
Date 8 April 2022
Event ID 1154896
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1154896
Canmore ID 374396
NY26SW 38.9
NY 24902 65132
Nothing is visible of an isolated building which was situated 13m E of the Pottery Store enclosure (NY26SW 38.8), in an area of heavy dumping between two standard railway lines.
The building is shown on a plan of the site (MMW 1919, plan) given with a Ministry of Munitions Works report outlining the processes involved in the manufacture of the cordite propellant during the First World War at H.M. Factory, Gretna (Site 3).This indicates that it was originally rectangular on plan and measured 32.5m from NNE to SSW by 8m transversely. Ground-based photography taken after construction (MUN 5-297 pt5, 710D, 710E; MMW 1918, panorama) held by the National Archives at Kew, illustrates the character of the building. These photographs show that it was a ridged roof structure and that its WNW elevation contained at least one doorway and two windows.
This building appears to have fallen into the area of lot 507, which was offered by sale by auction on 22-5 July 1924 (HM Treasury 1924, 101; Carlisle City Archives, DX 170/38), when the ground was purchased by Messrs James Jackson & Co Ltd, St Vincent Street, Glasgow (Carlisle City Archives, DX 2040/3).
Visited by HES Heritage Recording (MMD and ATW), 8 April 2022.
