Ardeer, Ici Works, Nobel's Explosives, Blasting Explosives And Cartridging Department
Explosives Factory (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Ardeer, Ici Works, Nobel's Explosives, Blasting Explosives And Cartridging Department
Classification Explosives Factory (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Nobel's Explosives Factory
Canmore ID 89471
Site Number NS23NE 1.02
NGR NS 285 396
NGR Description Centred NS 285 396
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/89471
![Elevated view from SW (in rope-way gantry) of Cartridging House (AZF3)[NS 2879 3970], showing Chilworth Mound (clad in corrugated iron]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02532234.jpg)
![Elevated view from ENE of cartridge conveyors leading from Cartridge Houses AZF1 and AZF2 [NS 2857 3971] to cartridge packing house AG2 [NS 2846 3966]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02532236.jpg)
![Elevated view from SE along SW side of ropeway gantry connecting Catridging Houses (AZF1 - 4) and non-explosive Mixing House complex (AY1, AY2 and AE1 [NS 2850 3990])](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02532237.jpg)
![View from S of one of two shells of cartridging houses, at the SE end of range of four complete units (AZF1-4). The concrete shells [NS 2864 3966] were built in reserve, and could have been made up into complete units (including the construction of Chilworth Mounds to protect the concrete shell) if required](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02532229.jpg)
![Elevated view from W of one of two shells of Cartridging Houses, at the SE end of four complete units (AF1 - 4). The crenelated concrete shells [NS 2864 3966] were built in reserve and could have been made up into complete units (including the construction of Chilworth Mounds to protect the concrete shell) if required](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02532235.jpg)
![Photographic copy of 1947: Oblique aerial view from SE of Ardeer, showing Cordite Department (foreground), Detonators (right), Blasting (left), and Nitric Acid and Nitro-cotton (top left). (See also Overlay 'D' for details [D 10471])](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02195470.jpg)
![Elevated view from SW (in rope-way gantry) of Cartridging House (AZF3)[NS 2879 3970], showing Chilworth Mound (clad in corrugated iron]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02532233.jpg)
![View from E of Nitroglycerine eduction gutters connecting Cartridge Houses AZF2 [NS 2857 3971] and AZF3 (left) [NS 2879 3970] with Nitroglycerine Hill No. 2](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02532227.jpg)
![Elevated view from Nitroglycerine Hill No. 2 (NE, NS23NE 1.03] of building AZ1 [NS 2849 3975] and ropeway gantry connecting Catridging Houses (AZF1 - 4) and non-explosive Mixing House complex (AY1, AY2 and AE1 [NS 2850 3990]) to right](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02532242.jpg)
![Elevated general view from NE (on Nitroglycerine Hill No. 2 (NE, NS23NE 1.03]) of Catridging Houses (AZF4 and AZF3) to the left [NS 2879 3970], connected by ropeway-gantry. The rubble in the background is the remains of recently demolished magazines](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02532244.jpg)
![View from S of one of two shells of cartrdidge houses, at the SE end of range of four complete units (AZF1-4). The concrete shells [NS 2864 3966] were built in reserve, and could have been made up into cimplete units (including the construction of Chilworth Mounds to protect the concrete shell) if required.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02532228.jpg)
![Elevated view from SE along SW side of ropeway gantry connecting Catridging Houses (AZF1 - 4) and non-explosive Mixing House complex (AY1, AY2 and AE1 [NS 2850 3990])](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02532238.jpg)
![Elevated view from SE along SW side of ropeway gantry connecting Catridging Houses (AZF1 - 4) and non-explosive Mixing House complex (AY1, AY2 and AE1 [NS 2850 3990]), showing gangways containing cartridge conveyors leading to Cartridge Packing Houses AG2 [NS 2846 3966] and AG3 [NS 2855 3959]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02532239.jpg)
![Elevated view from Nitroglycerine Hill No. 2 (NE, NS23NE 1.03] of building AZ1 [NS 2849 3975] and ropeway gantry connecting Catridging Houses (AZF1 - 4) and non-explosive Mixing House complex (AY1, AY2 and AE1 [NS 2850 3990])](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02532240.jpg)
![Elevated view from Nitroglycerine Hill No. 2 (NE, NS23NE 1.03] of building AZ1 [NS 2849 3975] and ropeway gantry connecting Catridging Houses (AZF1 - 4) and non-explosive Mixing House complex (AY1, AY2 and AE1 [NS 2850 3990])](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02532241.jpg)
![Interior view from SE along centre of ropeway gantry connecting cartridging houses (AZF 1 -4) with non-explosive Mixing House complex (AY1, AY2 and AE1 [NS 2850 3990])](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02532230.jpg)
![Interior view from SE along centre of ropeway gantry connecting cartridging houses (AZF 1 -4) with non-explosive Mixing House complex (AY1, AY2 and AE1 [NS 2850 3990])](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02532231.jpg)
![Elevated general view from NNE (on Nitroglycerine Hill No. 2 (NE, NS23NE 1.03]) of shells of Catridging Houses (AZF4) to right, connected by ropeway-gantry (the end of which is visible to the right). the rubble in the background is the remains of recently demolished magazines](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC02532243.jpg)
![Elevated view from SW (in rope-way gantry) of Cartridging House (AZF3)[NS 2879 3970], showing Chilworth Mound (clad in corrugated iron]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02532234.jpg)
![Elevated view from ENE of cartridge conveyors leading from Cartridge Houses AZF1 and AZF2 [NS 2857 3971] to cartridge packing house AG2 [NS 2846 3966]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02532236.jpg)
![Elevated view from SE along SW side of ropeway gantry connecting Catridging Houses (AZF1 - 4) and non-explosive Mixing House complex (AY1, AY2 and AE1 [NS 2850 3990])](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02532237.jpg)
![View from S of one of two shells of cartridging houses, at the SE end of range of four complete units (AZF1-4). The concrete shells [NS 2864 3966] were built in reserve, and could have been made up into complete units (including the construction of Chilworth Mounds to protect the concrete shell) if required](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02532229.jpg)
![Elevated view from W of one of two shells of Cartridging Houses, at the SE end of four complete units (AF1 - 4). The crenelated concrete shells [NS 2864 3966] were built in reserve and could have been made up into complete units (including the construction of Chilworth Mounds to protect the concrete shell) if required](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02532235.jpg)
![Photographic copy of 1947: Oblique aerial view from SE of Ardeer, showing Cordite Department (foreground), Detonators (right), Blasting (left), and Nitric Acid and Nitro-cotton (top left). (See also Overlay 'D' for details [D 10471])](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02195470.jpg)
![Elevated view from SW (in rope-way gantry) of Cartridging House (AZF3)[NS 2879 3970], showing Chilworth Mound (clad in corrugated iron]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02532233.jpg)
![View from E of Nitroglycerine eduction gutters connecting Cartridge Houses AZF2 [NS 2857 3971] and AZF3 (left) [NS 2879 3970] with Nitroglycerine Hill No. 2](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02532227.jpg)
![Elevated view from Nitroglycerine Hill No. 2 (NE, NS23NE 1.03] of building AZ1 [NS 2849 3975] and ropeway gantry connecting Catridging Houses (AZF1 - 4) and non-explosive Mixing House complex (AY1, AY2 and AE1 [NS 2850 3990]) to right](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02532242.jpg)
![Elevated general view from NE (on Nitroglycerine Hill No. 2 (NE, NS23NE 1.03]) of Catridging Houses (AZF4 and AZF3) to the left [NS 2879 3970], connected by ropeway-gantry. The rubble in the background is the remains of recently demolished magazines](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02532244.jpg)
![View from S of one of two shells of cartrdidge houses, at the SE end of range of four complete units (AZF1-4). The concrete shells [NS 2864 3966] were built in reserve, and could have been made up into cimplete units (including the construction of Chilworth Mounds to protect the concrete shell) if required.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02532228.jpg)
![Elevated view from SE along SW side of ropeway gantry connecting Catridging Houses (AZF1 - 4) and non-explosive Mixing House complex (AY1, AY2 and AE1 [NS 2850 3990])](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02532238.jpg)
![Elevated view from SE along SW side of ropeway gantry connecting Catridging Houses (AZF1 - 4) and non-explosive Mixing House complex (AY1, AY2 and AE1 [NS 2850 3990]), showing gangways containing cartridge conveyors leading to Cartridge Packing Houses AG2 [NS 2846 3966] and AG3 [NS 2855 3959]](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02532239.jpg)
![Elevated view from Nitroglycerine Hill No. 2 (NE, NS23NE 1.03] of building AZ1 [NS 2849 3975] and ropeway gantry connecting Catridging Houses (AZF1 - 4) and non-explosive Mixing House complex (AY1, AY2 and AE1 [NS 2850 3990])](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02532240.jpg)
![Elevated view from Nitroglycerine Hill No. 2 (NE, NS23NE 1.03] of building AZ1 [NS 2849 3975] and ropeway gantry connecting Catridging Houses (AZF1 - 4) and non-explosive Mixing House complex (AY1, AY2 and AE1 [NS 2850 3990])](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02532241.jpg)
![Interior view from SE along centre of ropeway gantry connecting cartridging houses (AZF 1 -4) with non-explosive Mixing House complex (AY1, AY2 and AE1 [NS 2850 3990])](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02532230.jpg)
![Interior view from SE along centre of ropeway gantry connecting cartridging houses (AZF 1 -4) with non-explosive Mixing House complex (AY1, AY2 and AE1 [NS 2850 3990])](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02532231.jpg)
![Elevated general view from NNE (on Nitroglycerine Hill No. 2 (NE, NS23NE 1.03]) of shells of Catridging Houses (AZF4) to right, connected by ropeway-gantry (the end of which is visible to the right). the rubble in the background is the remains of recently demolished magazines](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC02532243.jpg)
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Stevenston
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Ayrshire
NS23NE 1.02 285 396
Explosives Factory (Blasting Explosives and Cartridging Department)
(Undated) information in NMRS.
