Prestonpans, Salt Works
Salt Works (19th Century), Salt Works (18th Century)
Site Name Prestonpans, Salt Works
Classification Salt Works (19th Century), Salt Works (18th Century)
Canmore ID 53734
Site Number NT37SE 86
NGR NT 3815 7425
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/53734
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Prestonpans
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT37SE 86 3815 7425
The site of the salt works is now a modern apartment block. It is unclear if this is a new structure or a renovated building.
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 22nd February 1996..
NT37SE 86 3815 7425
This is a late 18th to early 19th century rectangular group of one and two- storey rubble buildings with a part pantiled, part asbestos roof. Salt pan operations carried on until 1959.
J R Hume 1976.
