Edinburgh, Lochrin Distillery
Distillery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Edinburgh, Lochrin Distillery
Classification Distillery (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 340989
Site Number NT27SW 4757
NGR NT 24808 72889
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/340989
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Note (14 July 2014)
Lochrin Distillery was built by James Haig (1755-1833) in 1780 in the area that is now the covergence of Ponton Street, Thornybauk and West Tollcross. Lochrin Distillery is depicted and named on the Ainslie map of 1804 (Ainslie, John 'Old and New Town of Edinburgh and Leith with the proposed docks', 1804).
A 'steam engine' is depicted as a circular structure at NT24733 72842, located on land identified as belonging to 'Mr Haig' and is probably linked to the distillery.
James Haig also built the Canonmills Distillery in 1783 and Sudbury Distillery in the early 1800s.
Information from RCAHMS (MMD), 14 July 2014.
