Alloa, Glasshouse Loan, Alloa Glass Works
Glass Works (19th Century), Glass Works (18th Century)
Site Name Alloa, Glasshouse Loan, Alloa Glass Works
Classification Glass Works (19th Century), Glass Works (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Alloa, Glass Cone; Alloa Glassworks
Canmore ID 47210
Site Number NS89SE 49
NGR NS 88013 92405
NGR Description Centred on NS 88013 92405
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/47210
- Council Clackmannan
- Parish Alloa
- Former Region Central
- Former District Clackmannan
- Former County Clackmannanshire
NS89SE 49.00 Centred on NS 88013 92405
NS89SE 49.01 88003 92412 glass cone
Works [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1991.
(Location cited as NS 881 923). Alloa Glassworks, founded c. 1750. Most of the buildings and plant here are modern, but one of the two glass cones (c. 1825) survives, the last in Scotland. It has a conical brick structure on a stone base, and houses a modern glass furnace.
J R Hume 1976.
The Glass Works is situated on Craigward Street, Alloa beside the river Forth. The business is now run under the name United Glass. The whole complex covers an area of c 500m east/west and c 150m north/south.
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 24 February 1996.
Field Visit (24 February 1996)
The Glass Works is situated on Craigward Street, Alloa beside the river Forth. The business is now run under the name United Glass. The whole complex covers an area of c 500m east/west and c 150m north/south.
Site recorded by GUARD during the Coastal Assessment Survey for Historic Scotland, 'The Firth of Forth from Dunbar to the Coast of Fife' 24 February 1996.
