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Fireclay Works Chimneys is a group of four brick chimneys located in Dungannon, County Tyrone, which together represent the industrial heritage of nineteenth-century ceramics production in the region. The chimneys stand as substantial structures rising from the underlying Sherwood Sandstone bedrock, which provided both geological stability and, in its associated clay deposits, a crucial raw material for the local pottery industry.
These chimneys formed part of a fireclay manufacturing works, an enterprise dependent upon the sandy, silty and mudstone geology of the Ladinian formation that underlies the site. Fireclay—a refractory clay capable of withstanding high temperatures—was essential to the production of fire-resistant bricks and ceramics used in furnaces, kilns and industrial applications throughout Britain.
The four chimneys survive as witnesses to Dungannon's industrial past, when the town's accessible geological resources and transport links supported manufacturing activity. Protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 16372, they form part of the broader archaeological record of Ulster's industrial development and the contribution of working landscapes to the region's economic history.
Fireclay works chimneys (4) - ihr 05122 is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 16372. View the official record →
Fireclay Works Chimneys is a group of four brick chimneys located in Dungannon, County Tyrone, which together represent the industrial heritage of nineteenth-century ceramics production in the region. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 16372.
Fireclay works chimneys (4) - ihr 05122 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 16372.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Colliery chimney - ihr 05128 (0.7 km), The coalisland canal. coalisland canal - ihr 05141 (2.3 km), Crannog (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Fireclay works chimneys (4) - ihr 05122'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.
Fireclay works chimneys (4) - ihr 05122 stands on Sherwood Sandstone Group, bedrock that formed in the Ladinian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.