Kirkintilloch, Lugiebank Road, Old Foundry
Foundry (19th Century)
Site Name Kirkintilloch, Lugiebank Road, Old Foundry
Classification Foundry (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Kirkintilloch, Townhead, Luggiebank; Iron Foundry
Canmore ID 45233
Site Number NS67SE 41
NGR NS 6571 7382
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/45233
- Council East Dunbartonshire
- Parish Kirkintilloch (Strathkelvin)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Strathkelvin
- Former County Dunbartonshire
Publication Account (2009)
The first iron foundry was the Kirkintilloch Foundry, more commonly known as the Old Foundry. This was established in the 1830s, just south of the canal aqueduct over the Luggie (fig 29.25). Initially it specialised in railway castings and later in heavy engineering castings. It continued until the end of the nineteenth century, when the buildings were taken over by F McNeill & Co for the manufacture of roof felting.
Information from ‘The Scottish Burgh Survey, Historic Kilsyth: Archaeology and Development’ (2009).
