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Kirkintilloch, Eastside, Lion Foundry
Foundry (19th Century)
Site Name Kirkintilloch, Eastside, Lion Foundry
Classification Foundry (19th Century)
Canmore ID 216122
Site Number NS67SE 129
NGR NS 6557 7402
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/216122
- Council East Dunbartonshire
- Parish Kirkintilloch (Strathkelvin)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Strathkelvin
- Former County Dunbartonshire
Publication Account (2009)
The best known foundry in Kirkintilloch was the Lion Foundry (fig 29.28), on the north side of the canal across from the Old Foundry, which opened in 1880 and soon gained a good reputation for making ornamental castings, gates, railings, fountains, shelters and bandstands. The Perry Bandstand (fig 29.29) and the Hudson Fountain (fig 19) (both listed Category C(S)) in Peel Park, gifted to the town at the start of the twentieth century, were manufactured by the Lion Foundry. By the early twentieth century the foundry covered 5 acres (2ha) and employed around 500 men and boys.
Information from ‘The Scottish Burgh Survey, Historic Kilsyth: Archaeology and Development’ (2009).
