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Castle Espie Brickworks Powder and Explosives Store is a structure located in the Ards peninsula of County Down, Northern Ireland. The building stands on bedrock of the Armagh Group, Visean limestone geology characterised by interbedded limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone. The site sits at grid reference J495 967, within an area historically worked for brick and pottery production. The structure is protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 16105.
This powder and explosives store represents the industrial infrastructure that supported manufacturing processes at the brickworks. Such specialist storage structures were engineered to contain volatile materials safely, away from main production areas and residential zones. The survival of this building provides evidence of the safety practices and regulatory requirements governing explosives handling during the industrial era in rural Ulster.
The monument survives within the wider archaeological landscape of Castle Espie, contributing to the record of nineteenth and twentieth-century industrial enterprise in the region. Its preservation reflects the significance placed on retaining structures that document the technological and logistical systems underpinning Ulster's manufacturing heritage, particularly the clay industries that exploited local geological resources.
Castle espie brickworks powder and explosives store. powder store, cf ihr 2781 is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 16105. View the official record →
Castle Espie Brickworks Powder and Explosives Store is a structure located in the Ards peninsula of County Down, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 16105.
Castle espie brickworks powder and explosives store. powder store, cf ihr 2781 is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 16105.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone fish trap (2.5 km), Bivallate rath & possible souterrain (4 km), 2 portions of quay works and slipway (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Castle espie brickworks powder and explosives store. powder store, cf ihr 2781's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Castle espie brickworks powder and explosives store. powder store, cf ihr 2781 stands on Armagh Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.