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Ascog Salt Pan
Date 24 May 2010
Event ID 915235
Category Management
Type Site Management
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/915235
Roofless, circular-plan ruin of saltpan near former coal mine workings at Ascog Point. Harl-pointed red rubble sandstone; segmental-arch visible inside; cast-iron balustraded enclosure.
Constructed with the specific task of burning coal to boil sea water for the manufacture of salt. However, the process was soon abandoned due to numerous difficulties - the most pressing being the poor quality and supply of local coal. The SVBWG handbook cites another reason as the loss of all the equipment needed for salt extraction when the ship it was being transported in sank. An old postcard published in MacCallum (p25) depicts the structure without the vegetation that today surrounds it (Historic Scotland)
