Wilsontown, Muircock Row

Workers Row(S) (19th Century)

Site Name Wilsontown, Muircock Row

Classification Workers Row(S) (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Wilsontown Ironworks

Canmore ID 99537

Site Number NS95SE 11.13

NGR NS 9528 5536

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/99537

Digital Images

DP 087103

Oblique aerial view of the remains of the miners row at Wilsontown after clearance of trees, taken from the NE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

8/11/2009

DP 087105

Oblique aerial view of the remains of the Wilsontown mine workings after clearance of trees, taken from the N.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

8/11/2009

SC 1728819

Wilsontown, oblique aerial view, taken from the E, showing the the remains of workers' rows and buildings, and bell pits, across the bottom half of the photograph.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

2/2/1995

SC 370632

Publication drawing; 'Wilsontown Iron Works, Site plan, compiled from ground survey, aerial photographs and OS map detail'.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

1998

DP 087104

Oblique aerial view of the remains of the miners row at Wilsontown after clearance of trees, taken from the NNE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

8/11/2009

SC 1728812

Wilsontown, oblique aerial view, taken from the ESE, showing the remains of workers' rows in the centre left of the photograph, and the ruined public house and shop, and a large area of bell pits, in the centre.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

2/2/1995

SC 1728814

Wilsontown, oblique aerial view, taken from the E, showing the bings of two coal mines in the centre left of the photograph, and the remains of a workers' row, and an area of bell pits, in the centre right.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

2/2/1995

SC 503576

Scanned image of oblique aerial view, taken from the NE, showing the bings of two coal mines at the bottom, and the remains of ironworks, workers' rows, lime kilns, coke ovens and buildings across the remainder of the photograph, including a large area of bell pits in the centre and top left-hand corner.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

2/2/1995

SC 1728811

Wilsontown, oblique aerial view, taken from the NE, showing the bings of two coal mines at the bottom, and the remains of ironworks, workers' rows, lime kilns, coke ovens and buildings across the remainder of the photograph.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

2/2/1995

SC 1728815

Wilsontown, oblique aerial view, taken from the E, showing the remains of workers' rows in the bottom half of the photograph, and the ruins of the public house and shop in the bottom right-hand corner. A large area of bell pits in is visible in the centre right.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

2/2/1995

SC 1728817

Wilsontown, oblique aerial view, taken from the SSW, showing the bings of two coal mines at the top of the photograph, and the remains of workers' rows, buildings and bell pits in the bottom half.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

2/2/1995

SC 1683566

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2/2/1995

SC 1728818

Wilsontown, oblique aerial view, taken from the NE, showing the bings of two coal mines in the centre of the photograph, and the remains a worker's row, and bell pits, at the bottom.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

2/2/1995

SC 1728813

Wilsontown, oblique aerial view, taken from the ESE, showing the remains of workers' rows in the centre left of the photograph, and the ruins of the public house and shop, and a large area of bell pits, in the centre.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

2/2/1995

Collections

Administrative Areas

Council South Lanarkshire
Parish Carnwath
Former Region Strathclyde
Former District Clydesdale
Former County Lanarkshire

Activities

Field Visit (17 October 1994)

RCAHMS Afforestable Land Survey, Central Scottish Woodland

NS95SE 11.13 9528 5536

This ten-compartment row of cottages measures 59.6m from E to W by 4.2m transversely within faced-rubble walls measuring 0.65m in thickness and up to 1m in height. There is an enclosure attached to it on the S. It is depicted, roofed, on an 1826 map of the Wilsontown estate (National Library of Scotland, Map Library) but it was roofless by the time of the 1st edition of the OS 25-inch map (Lanarkshire 1864, sheet xx.2). Smith (1985) dates the construction of this row to 1808.

(CSW 1038)

Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 17 October 1994

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