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Latitude: 55.3436 / 55°20'36"N
Longitude: -4.4627 / 4°27'45"W
OS Eastings: 243925
OS Northings: 608264
OS Grid: NS439082
Mapcode National: GBR 4H.5JSC
Mapcode Global: WH3RH.FY4F
Entry Name: Waterside Bing, iron slag bing, Dalmellington Ironworks
Scheduled Date: 30 September 1997
Last Amended: 5 October 2021
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7544
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Industrial: tip, bing, dump
Location: Dalmellington
County: East Ayrshire
Electoral Ward: Doon Valley
Traditional County: Ayrshire
The monument is an iron slag bing, a substantial area of iron production waste. The bing was formed as part of the operation of the former Dalmellington Ironworks.
This waste material helps chart the stages of technological development in smelting iron at Dalmellington from 1850-1920. The lower layer contains slag material from the manufacture of common iron and the upper layer is composed of waste from the production of haematite iron. The bing was extended to the west in 1915 following the diversion of the River Doon and was regraded at the east and north in 1986/87.
The scheduled area is irregular as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as an impressive iron slag bing containing the waste material from iron smelting carried out at the adjacent Dalmellington Ironworks from 1850-1920, which has the potential to contribute to our understanding of the development of industrial activity at that and similar sites.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NS40NW 15.3.
Reference:
Smith, D. (1967) The Dalmellington Iron Company.
Canmore
https://canmore.org.uk/site/124123/
HER/SMR Reference
17739
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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