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Glasgow, South Street, Merklands Animals Lairage
Lairage (20th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, South Street, Merklands Animals Lairage
Classification Lairage (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Merklands Quay
Canmore ID 241068
Site Number NS56NW 395
NGR NS 5449 6652
NGR Description from NS 5426 6649 to NS 5476 6653
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/241068
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56NW 395 5449 6652, from NS 5426 6649 to NS 5476 6653
Desk Based Assessment (October 2001)
Archaeological desk based study carried out on Glasgow Harbour by FIRAT Archaeological Services.
Desk Based Assessment (14 June 2017)
The Merklands Animals Lairage was situated on the north bank of the River Clyde in the Whiteinch area of Glasgow. It opened in 1907 at a cost to Glasgow Corporation of £86,000 (Riddell 1979: 240-1) to receive stock imported from Ireland and Canada, and it could cope with 2000 cattle and 3000 sheep at any one time. The lairage, at which animals were also slaughtered, is depicted on the 2nd edition of the OS 25-inch map and annotated ‘Merklands Foreign Animals Wharf’ (Lanarkshire 1913, Sheet 006.05). The Clyde Shipping Co. Ltd. also made use of the facilities, which were closed in 1974 and subsequently demolished.
Information from HES Survey and Recording (AMcC) 14 June 2017.
