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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 807237
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/807237
NS23NE 1.00 centred 2862 3995
NS23NE 1.01 NS 285 396 Explosives Factory (Detonator Department, Fusehead Production)
NS23NE 1.02 NS 285 396 Explosives Factory (Blasting Explosives and Cartridging Department)
NS23NE 1.03 NS 286 398 Explosives Factory (Nitro-Glycerine Hill No.2)
NS23NE 1.04 NS 294 390 Explosives Factory (Shore magazines)
NS23NE 1.05 Cancelled site see NS33NW 65
For (associated) Irvine harbour (to E and SE), see NS33NW 40.00.
The Nobel's Explosives Factory is situated between the sea and the River Garnock, W of Irvine. The factory is now closed with much of the large site now cleared. During World War I a coastal battery was built on the shore to defend the factory from being attacked from the sea.
J Guy 2001; NMRS MS 810/11, Vol.1, 67-8.
