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Kilwinning Waggonway and Bridge is a industrial transport structure located south-east of Saugh Trees in Ayrshire, Scotland. The monument comprises a waggonway—a horse-drawn railway—and associated bridge, dating from the period of coal industry expansion in lowland Scotland. Such waggonways formed the backbone of 18th and 19th century mining operations, moving coal and other minerals from collieries and ironworks to markets and distribution points with greater efficiency than road transport alone.
The site sits upon bedrock of the Scottish Coal Measures Group, a Moscovian sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone interbedded with coal seams, ironstone and ferricrete. This geology made Ayrshire a centre of coal extraction and iron production, with the waggonway engineered specifically to exploit these mineral resources. The bridge structure would have carried the track across local drainage or terrain obstacles, essential infrastructure for maintaining the waggonway's gradient and route.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3538. The waggonway and bridge survive as physical evidence of industrial transport innovation and Scotland's role in the coal and iron industries that powered the wider economy of Britain during industrialisation.
Kilwinning,waggonway & bridge,SE of Saugh Trees is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3538. View the official record →
Kilwinning Waggonway and Bridge is a industrial transport structure located south-east of Saugh Trees in Ayrshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3538.
Kilwinning,waggonway & bridge,SE of Saugh Trees is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM3538.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kilwinning Abbey (2.3 km), Clonbeith Castle (2.7 km), Lawthorn Mount,mound (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Kilwinning,waggonway & bridge,SE of Saugh Trees's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Kilwinning,waggonway & bridge,SE of Saugh Trees stands on Scottish Coal Measures Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.