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Distillery (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery

Classification Distillery (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) River Leven

Canmore ID 121975

Site Number NO30SW 67

NGR NO 34540 00150

NGR Description Centred NO 34540 00150

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/121975

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Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
General view from W showing part of weir with distillery in background

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Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery General view from W showing part of weir with distillery in background

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

20/3/1980

© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume

Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View from ENE showing NE front of E malt kiln and part of NE front of S malting block

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Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery View from ENE showing NE front of E malt kiln and part of NE front of S malting block

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

20/3/1980

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Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View from SE showing NE front of S malting block and part of SE front of still house

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Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery View from SE showing NE front of S malting block and part of SE front of still house

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

20/3/1980

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Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View from NW showing W sluices

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Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery View from NW showing W sluices

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

20/3/1980

© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume

Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View from WSW showing curved WNW front of workshops with railway bridge in background

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Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery View from WSW showing curved WNW front of workshops with railway bridge in background

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

20/3/1980

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Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View from SE showing E sluices with distillery buildings in background

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Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery View from SE showing E sluices with distillery buildings in background

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

20/3/1980

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Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View from NE showing part of NE front of still house with part of E malt kiln and S malting block in background

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Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery View from NE showing part of NE front of still house with part of E malt kiln and S malting block in background

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

20/3/1980

© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume

Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery, Interior
View showing boiler house

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Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery, Interior View showing boiler house

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

20/3/1980

© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume

Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View from W showing SW and part of NW front of S malting block and SW front of W malt kiln with E malt kiln in background

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Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery View from W showing SW and part of NW front of S malting block and SW front of W malt kiln with E malt kiln in background

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

20/3/1980

© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume

Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View showing part of distillery

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Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery View showing part of distillery

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

20/3/1980

© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume

Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View from SW showing old malt kilns and part of N malting block

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Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery View from SW showing old malt kilns and part of N malting block

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

20/3/1980

© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume

Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View from SSW showing SW front and part of SE front of N malting block and SW front of W malt kiln with E malt kiln in background

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Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery View from SSW showing SW front and part of SE front of N malting block and SW front of W malt kiln with E malt kiln in background

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

20/3/1980

© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume

Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View from NNE showing NE front of S malting block

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Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery View from NNE showing NE front of S malting block

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

20/3/1980

© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume

Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View from NW showing lade and NW front of turbine house

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Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery View from NW showing lade and NW front of turbine house

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

20/3/1980

© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume

Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View from WSW (possible) showing part of WSW front (possible) of old offices

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Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery View from WSW (possible) showing part of WSW front (possible) of old offices

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

20/3/1980

© HES. Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume

General oblique aerial view of the central Fife landscape including Kennoway, Windygates and Cameron Bridge Distillery, looking NE.

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General oblique aerial view of the central Fife landscape including Kennoway, Windygates and Cameron Bridge Distillery, looking NE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

4/3/2015

© Crown Copyright: HES

Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
General view from W showing part of weir with distillery in background

Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View from ENE showing NE front of E malt kiln and part of NE front of S malting block

Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View from SE showing NE front of S malting block and part of SE front of still house

Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View from NW showing W sluices

Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View from WSW showing curved WNW front of workshops with railway bridge in background

Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View from SE showing E sluices with distillery buildings in background

Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View from NE showing part of NE front of still house with part of E malt kiln and S malting block in background

Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery, Interior
View showing boiler house

Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View from W showing SW and part of NW front of S malting block and SW front of W malt kiln with E malt kiln in background

Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View showing part of distillery

Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View from SW showing old malt kilns and part of N malting block

Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View from SSW showing SW front and part of SE front of N malting block and SW front of W malt kiln with E malt kiln in background

Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View from NNE showing NE front of S malting block

Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View from NW showing lade and NW front of turbine house

Windygates, Cameron Bridge Distillery
View from WSW (possible) showing part of WSW front (possible) of old offices

General oblique aerial view of the central Fife landscape including Kennoway, Windygates and Cameron Bridge Distillery, looking NE.

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Parish Markinch
Former Region Fife
Former District Kirkcaldy
Former County Fife

Archaeology Notes

NO30SW 67.00 centred 34540 00150

Distillery [NAT] (name centred NO 3450 0017)

OS (GIS) MasterMap, July 2010.

NO30SW 67.01 NO 34533 00214 Workshop and General Store

For Cameron Bridge (apparently at entrance), see NO30SW 8.

For discovery of post-pits in 1998 watching brief (NO 3454 0007 to NO 3454 0005), see NO30SW 78.

(Location cited as NO 346 002). Cameron Bridge Distillery, founded 1824 by John Haig. Large complex of buildings of various dates, with a 4-storey and 2 attic block of malting floors with a pyramidal-roofed kiln.

J R Hume 1976.

The map evidence indicates that this extensive installation extends across the River Leven on both the NW and E sides.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 2 July 2010.

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