Bo'ness, Scrap Metal Works
Scrap Yard (20th Century)
Site Name Bo'ness, Scrap Metal Works
Classification Scrap Yard (20th Century)
Canmore ID 75303
Site Number NT08SW 97
NGR NT 0119 8165
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/75303
- Council Falkirk
- Parish Bo'ness And Carriden
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County West Lothian
This is situated to the west of the Old harbour, between the coast and Bridgeness Road. The scrap yard is now called Braemar Alloys Ltd. This is a complex of three structures, two metal and one concrete and stone. This site is on land which has been reclaimed since the 1st edition OS map.
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 20th February 1996.
Characterisation
This site falls within the Industrial and Shoreline Area of Townscape Character (NT08SW 167), which was defined as part of the RCAHMS Urban Survey Programme 2013. Text relating to the historical development and topography, and present character of the Industrial and Shoreline Area of Townscape Character can be viewed at site NT08SW 167.
Information from RCAHMS (LK), January 2014
