Archaeology Notes

Event ID 699047

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/699047

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Ruins of a beam-engine house, reputedly built 1719. Most of one gable, and parts of the other three walls remain. It is supposed to have been the site of the second Newcomen engine in Scotland. The masonry of the gable suggests that the house has been occupied by a rotative engine at some time. The engine installed in 1718-9 to facilitate drainage of a coal-pit, was replaced in 1732 by a larger one.

J Butt 1967

The conserved ruin, approximately 7m square, now forms a feature of an open park.

Visited by OS 28 September 1982.