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Kilmarnock, Hill Street, Longpark Pottery

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Pottery Works (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Kilmarnock, Hill Street, Longpark Pottery

Classification Pottery Works (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Sanitary Pottery Works; Shanksl; J And M Craig

Canmore ID 180032

Site Number NS43NW 101

NGR NS 42802 39006

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Interior View of head of chain conveyor down to kilns, from 1st floor area Digital image of B 9405
Interior View of head of chain conveyor down to kilns, from 1st floor area Digital image of B 9405Interior View of W.C with paper makers strip marked "J & R Howie Ltd Scotland" Digital image of B/9432Shanks and Co. Ltd. Longpark Pottery Works, Kilmarnock. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north.Interior View of inspection area west end of kilns Digital image of B 9428Interior View of underside of kiln cars Digital image of B/9431Interior view of wet pan mill, pan 180cm diameter by 25cm deep rollers, 33cm wide by 84 diameter, Longpark Pottery, Kilmarnock.Shanks and Co. Ltd. Longpark Pottery Works, Kilmarnock. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing north-east.Shanks and Co. Ltd. Longpark Pottery Works, Kilmarnock. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing south.Kilmarnock, Hill Street, Longpark Pottery View showing flint kilnKilmarnock, Hill Street, Longpark Pottery View showing flint kilnInterior View of draw arch of flint calcining kiln, north facing pair Digital image of B 9417Interior View of kiln cars with fired products Digital image of B 9422View of spent moulds in heap near boiler house/canteen Digital image of B 9421Interior View of mould store Digital image of B 9403View from 2nd floor of making shop, looking SW at flint calcining kilns. Digital image of B 9413Interior view of ground floor of glost warehouse showing finished products, Longpark Pottery, Kilmarnock. Interior View of 'intake' end of north side tunnel kiln Digital image of B 9426Shanks and Co. Ltd. Longpark Pottery Works, Kilmarnock. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing west.General view looking NE (top of one flint calcining kiln on left by chimney) Digital image of B 9419Kilmarnock, general view, showing Shanks and Co. Ltd. Longpark Pottery Works and Longpark Avenue. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing south-east.Oblique aerial photograph taken facing south showing Shanks and Co. Ltd. Longpark Pottery Works, Kilmarnock, in 1935 .Kilmarnock, general view, showing Shanks and Co. Ltd. Longpark Pottery Works and Campbeltown Drive. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east.Interior View looking W at 'fire boxes' on south side of north kiln Digital image of B 9425Interior View of number 5 blue glaze tub (made by Binks-Bullows, Staffshire, England), 1st floor Digital image of B 9407Interior General view of making shop, second floor, (looking SW towards office block) Digital image of B 9411Interior Detail showing tumble mill (for calcined flint) on E side of works Digital image of B/9391Shanks and Co. Ltd. Longpark Pottery Works, Kilmarnock. Oblique aerial photograph taken facing east.Interior View of 'intake' end of north side tunnel kiln with pusher on left side of door Digital image of B 9427

Administrative Areas

  • Council East Ayrshire
  • Parish Kilmarnock
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Kilmarnock And Loudoun
  • Former County Ayrshire

Archaeology Notes

NMRS REFERENCE:

NS43NW 101 4274 3898. The pottery works are depicted on the OS 1:2500 scale map (Ayrshire Sheet XVIII.9, 1896) and have since been demolished. Information from RCAHMS (S.C.) December 2001.

Longpark became part of Shanks in 1918 and then part of Armitage Shanks in 1969 when Armitage and Shanks amalgamated.

MS 8316

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