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Archaeology InSites
Age of Industry
Wilsontown 18th century Ironworks – near Forth, South Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire’s proud heritage of iron and steel manufacture all began on a wild muir. From a chance finding of ironstone in the banks of a burn when on a shooting expedition an idea grew. This led to establishing the first Ironworks in Lanarkshire and the second in Scotland to use coke as fuel instead of charcoal.
Kennetpans Distillery - Clackmannan
By the water's edge on the North bank of the River Forth, lie the enigmatic ruins of the once mighty Kennetpans whisky distillery. Established around 1777 by John Stein, Kennetpans consumed locally produced grain and coal to produce distilled spirit, mostly for the London gin trade.
