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Glenkinchie Distillery

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Distillery (19th Century), Museum (20th Century)

Site Name Glenkinchie Distillery

Classification Distillery (19th Century), Museum (20th Century)

Canmore ID 54762

Site Number NT46NW 64

NGR NT 44368 66808

NGR Description Centred NT 43368 66808

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Glenkinchie Distillery View from SW
Glenkinchie Distillery View from SWGlenkinchie Distillery; Interior View of malt depositGlenkinchie Distillery; Interior View of mash tunGlenkinchie Distillery, Model Distillery View of tun roomInterior. Weighing machine, grain measure and levelling-off roller. Digital image of A 33439.View from E of cooperage, filling store and warehouse No 5.View from W between warehouses No 5 and 6.Glenkinchie Distillery, cottages View from SSEGlenkinchie Distillery; Interior View of malt millGlenkinchie Distillery; Interior View of washbacksGlenkinchie Distillery, Model Distillery View of mash roomInterior. Early type of sparging arm. Digital image of A 33435.General view from S.Interior. Selection of wooden shovels (sheils). Digital image of A 33438.Scale model of still house. Digital image of A 33431.Interior. Detail of stave-built vat. Digital image of A 33440.Scale model of spirit safe and receivers. Digital image of A 33433.Interior. Selection of wooden forks (grapes). Digital image of A 33437.View from ESE of warehouse No 2.Glenkinchie Distillery General ViewScale model of kiln. Digital image of A 33427.Scale model of steeps and maltings. Digital image of A 33426.Interior. Iron malt plough. Digital image of A 33443Glenkinchie Distillery, NT46NW 64, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoView from SW of warehouse No 6 and boiler-house chimney.View from W along SE side of warehouse No 6 with boiler-house chimney.View from W along SE side of warehouse No 6 with boiler-house chimney.View from WSW of warehouse No 5.View from NE of cooperage and boiler-house chimney.View of still house from E.Glenkinchie Distillery, Model Distillery View of stillhouseGlenkinchie Distillery, Model Distillery View of worms and spirit receiverInterior. View of bellows. Digital image of A 33441.Scale model of tun room. Digital image of A 33430.Scale model of spirit and filling store. Digital image of A 33434.Interior. Malt-spreading barrow (with flap down). Digital image of A 33444.View from SW of warehouse No 5.View from SW of warehouse No 2.Glenkinchie Distillery, bowling green View from WSWScale model of mill room.Scale model of mash house. Digital image of A 33429.General view of distillery from South. Digital image of C 54148 CN.View from W of distillery bowling green and pavilion. Digital image of C 54157 CN.Interior. Detail of beam and column connection in multi-storied malt-barn.View from SW of warehouse No 6 and boiler-house chimney.View from W of bowling green and pavilion.View from ESE of warehouse No 2.View from SW of distillery office.Glenkinchie Distillery, cottages View from SWGlenkinchie Distillery, Stillhouse; Interior General ViewGlenkinchie Distillery, Museum View of rummager chainsScale model of worm tubs. Digital image of A 33432.Scale model of traditional whisky making process.View from NE of warehouse No 6 and boiler-house chimney.View from SW of warehouse No 5.View from WSW of warehouse No 5.View from E of warehouse No 5.View from W between warehouses No 5 and 6.Interior. Iron malt plough. Digital image of A 33442.Interior. Malt-spreading barrow (with flap up).

Administrative Areas

  • Council East Lothian
  • Parish Pencaitland
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District East Lothian
  • Former County East Lothian

Archaeology Notes

NT46NW 64.00 44368 66808

See also:

NT46NW 64.01 44305 66664 Cottages

NT46NW 64.02 44285 66815 Houses

(Location cited as NT 44368 66808). Glenkinchie Distillery, founded c. 1840. A group of red-brick buildings, including 3-storey and attic bonded stores. There are several blocks of red-and-white-brick cottages associated with the distillery. The present complex dates from after 1890, when the Glenkinchie Distillery Co was founded.

J R Hume 1976.

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