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Hillside Distillery, Maltings

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Maltings (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Hillside Distillery, Maltings

Classification Maltings (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Glenesk Maltings; Montrose Distillery

Canmore ID 83380

Site Number NO76SW 37.01

NGR NO 7165 6145

NGR Description Centred NO 7165 6145

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Interior view from NE of hot malt bins, situated at top level of E end of Steep Room (above Drum Room)
Interior view from NE of hot malt bins, situated at top level of E end of Steep Room (above Drum Room)Exterior general view from NNE of maltings, showing brick-built block of five kilns (left), and silos (far left), with the Drum House (right), which contains 24 steeps and 24 drumsExterior view from NW along N side of Drum House of maltingsExterior view from N of rail dispatch silo/hopper and siding, sitated to SW of maltingsDistant general view of maltings buildings from SEExterior view of maltings buildings from WView from East at lower level down centre of Drum Room, Hillside Distillery, between the two rows of 12 rim-gear-driven maltings drums, also showing Crofts (Engineers) of Bradford gear boxes. The Drums were made by Robert Boby Ltd of Bury St Edmonds (a Vickers Ltd company).Drum Room: general interior view E down centre of Drum Room, showing conical bases of 24 steeps above, and 24 rotating maltings drums (with rim gears) below. Also visible at this level are electrical control panels on either sideKilns: detail of supplementary peat-burning firebox of Kiln No.2Exterior view from W along S side of Drum House of maltingsDetailed exterior view of base of new Bioplant (opened in 1995), situated at W side of maltingsExterior view from S of SW end of maltings silo block, adjacent to main maltings buildingsDrum Room: interior view from E down S side of Drum Room, showing electrical control panels (left), conical bases of steeps (above), and rotating drums belowKilns: view from W looking into Kiln No.4, showing its wire-mesh floor in tilted position, allowing dried malt to fall into conveyors belowExterior general view of N side of maltings from NExterior general view from NNE of maltings, showing brick-built block of five kilns (left), and silos (far left), with the Drum House (right), which contains 24 steeps and 24 drumsDrum Room: interior general view from ESE of odd-numbered rotating maltings drumsDrum Room: general interior view from ESE of odd-numbered rotating maltings drumsDrum Room: view from E along gantry at middle level of S side of Drum RoomKilns: view from N at level beneath kiln floors, showing access doors to Kilns 2 and 3 (left), and the base of the malt bins (right). The kilns are fired by oil burners directly, but two have a steam-heated indirect heat facilityConsole Room: view from SE of main control panel, with barley lorry outside (backround) waiting to unload. The Console Room is situated at the ground floor level of the adjacent Silo Block (to the SW), and the control panel was manufactured by 'Electric Construction'Kilns: detail of Hamworthy (of Poole, Dorset) oil burner heating Kiln No.2 (which burns heavy fuel oil)General exterior view from SW of maltings' rail siding and dispatch silo/hopper, with maltings in backgroundDrum Room: view from E at lower level down centre of Drum Room between the two rows of 12 rim-gear-driven maltings drums, also showing Crofts (Engineers) of Bradford gear boxes. The Drums were made by Robert Boby Ltd of Bury St Edmonds (a Vickers Ltd company)Steep Room: interior general view from E showing 24 cylindrical steel steeps (Nos. 1 and 2 in foreground), each with conical bases. The view also shows conveying equipment and water pipes above, and each steep feeds into drums below. The steeps were made by Robert Boby Ltd of Bury St Edmonds (a Vickers Ltd company)Kilns: view from W looking into empty Kiln No.3, showing explosed steel mesh floors, the two halves of which tip downwards at the centre to allow the emptying of the kiln (see C77070)Steep Room: detail of Steep No. 6 during pressured aerationExterior view from W of new Bioplant (opened in 1995), situated at W side of maltingsExterior view from W of lorry waiting to unload into the barley intake situated between the maltings and silo blocksExterior view from S of SW end of maltings silo block, adjacent to main maltings buildingsGeneral oblique aerial view of the hospitals with the distillery adjacent, taken from the WNW.Steep Room: interior view from E into Steep No.1, showing recently steeped barley, and odd-numbered steeping vessels in backgroundDrum Room: general interior view E down centre of Drum Room, showing conical bases of 24 steeps above, and 24 rotating maltings drums (with rim gears) below. Also visible at this level are electrical control panels on either sideDrum Room: view from E at lower level down S side of Drum Room showing roller bearingsKilns: Detail of portable 'Redler Bulk Thrower', made by Redler Conveyors Ltd, Dunbridge Works, Stroud, Gloucestershire. It is used to load the kilns with malt from the malting drumsSteep Room: detail of empty steep (Steep No.21)Drum Room: view from E along gantry at middle level of S side of Drum RoomGeneral oblique aerial view of the hospitals with the distillery adjacent, taken from the NW.General oblique aerial view of the hospitals with the distillery adjacent, taken from the WNW.Steep Room: interior oblique view from SE of steeps. The view also shows conveying equipment and water pipes above, and each steep feeds through a conical base into drums below. The steeps were made by Robert Boby Ltd of Bury St Edmonds (a Vickers Ltd company)Steep Room: detailed view of Steep No.7, the foam indicating that pressurised aeration is in progressDrum Room: detailed view from NE of Drum No.1 (of 24), showing rim gear, Crofts (Engineers) of Bradford gearboxes, and roller bearings. The drums were made by Robert Boby Ltd of Bury St Edmonds (a Vickers Ltd company)Steep Room: detail of Steep No.24 as it empties into drum belowSteep Room: detail of Steep No.24 as it empties into drum belowSteep Room: interior view from E showing 24 cylindrical steel steeps (Nos. 1 and 2 in foreground), each with conical bases. The view also shows conveying equipment and water pipes above, and each steep feeds into drums below. The steeps were made by Robert Boby Ltd of Bury St Edmonds (a Vickers Ltd company)Drum Room: general interior view from ESE of odd-numbered rotating maltings drumsConsole Room: view from SE of main control panel, with barley lorry outside (backround) waiting to unload. The Console Room is situated at the ground floor level of the adjacent Silo Block (to the SW), and the control panel was manufactured by 'Electric Construction'Steep Room: detail of Steep No. 6 during pressured aeration

Administrative Areas

  • Council Angus
  • Parish Montrose
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Angus
  • Former County Angus

Archaeology Notes

NO76SW 37.01 centred 7156 6151

The drum maltings was opened in 1968 and enlarged in 1973.

M S Moss and J R Hume 1981

Malt, the product of the malting process where the sugar content of grain is maintained by soaking the grain, causing germination (converting strarch to sugar) and then heating the grain to stop the process, is mostly used in distilling and brewing. Floor, Saladin box and drum maltings are methods whereby malting is carried out. Drum maltings, the most reently devloped of the methods, involves turning the germinating grain in air-conditioned drums.

Trinder, 1992

Photographed in 1996 as part of an ongoing RCAHMS project to photographically record representative examples of structures connected with the Scottish Whisky industry, in this case a relatively modern bulk malting operation.

Information from RCAHMS (MMD), 20th December 2006.

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