Esslemont, Brick And Tileworks
Brickworks (Period Unassigned), Tile Works (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Esslemont, Brick And Tileworks
Classification Brickworks (Period Unassigned), Tile Works (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Mill Of Esslemont; Esslemount; Esslemont Brick And Tile Works; Mill Cottage
Canmore ID 132313
Site Number NJ92NW 39
NGR NJ 9275 2855
NGR Description Centred NJ 9275 2855
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/132313
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Ellon
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ92NW 39 centred 9275 2855
Esslemont Brick and Tile Works has been demolished and, apart from minor scarps in arable fields marking the former edge of the clay-pits, all that is now visible is a small water-filled pit (NJ 9286 2852). The works is depicted on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map (Aberdeenshire, sheet xlvii, 1870) when it comprised four buildings situated on the E side of a large pit (centred NJ 9274 2856). By the end of the century (OS 6-inch map, Aberdeenshire, sheet xlvii.NW, 1901) most of the buildings had been demolished, and new buildings had been erected slightly to the S; new deposits of clay (centred NJ 9286 2852) had been opened up to the NE.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ATW), 29 January 1997.
