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Gretna Hm Factory Eastriggs Factory, Acids Section, Acids Compound, Building
Building (First World War)
Site Name Gretna Hm Factory Eastriggs Factory, Acids Section, Acids Compound, Building
Classification Building (First World War)
Alternative Name(s) Hm Factory Gretna Site 3
Canmore ID 375002
Site Number NY26SW 38.24
NGR NY 25092 65007
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/375002
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Dornock
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Field Visit (12 June 2022)
Canmore ID: 375002
Site Number NY26SW 38.24
NGR NY 25092 65007
Nothing is visible of this building which is situated partly under the bund of Explosives Magazine R11 (NY26NW 46.12).
A ground-based, contemporary official photograph taken after construction (MUN 5-297 pt5 717) held in the National Archives at Kew illustrates the character of the building. It was a single storey, timber-built structure with a rubberoid roof sloping downwards from NNE to SSW. There was a chimney close to the edge of the roof on the SSW and a window in its SE end. It was entirely covered with black fire-retardant paint.
This building fell into lot 508, which was offered for sale by auction on 22-5 July 1924 (HM Treasury 1924, 101), when the lot was partly purchased by J.M. Temple, Blackhills, Eastriggs and partly by Messrs James Jackson & Co Ltd, St Vincent Street, Glasgow (Carlisle City Ar-chives, DX 2040/3).
Visited by HES Heritage Recording (MMD and ATW), 12 May 2022
