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The remains of tar works, mines and structures east of Garpel Water at Muirkirk is a complex of industrial archaeological sites representing the development of coal mining and tar production in Ayrshire during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The site comprises evidence of coal mines, tar works, and associated structures that testify to the area's role in Scotland's early industrial economy. Muirkirk was a centre of coal extraction and the production of coal tar, products that supplied both domestic demand and industrial processes during the period of rapid industrialisation. The physical remains, distributed across the landscape east of Garpel Water, preserve the archaeological record of these interconnected extractive and manufacturing activities that transformed the local economy and landscape.
Muirkirk, remains of tar works, mines and structures E of Garpel Water is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6640. View the official record →
The remains of tar works, mines and structures east of Garpel Water at Muirkirk is a complex of industrial archaeological sites representing the development of coal mining and tar production in Ayrshire during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6640.
Muirkirk, remains of tar works, mines and structures E of Garpel Water 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 SM6640.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn Table,two cairns (3.3 km), Old Foundry Holm,ironworks (5.4 km), Glenbuck Ironworks, 470m NW of Glenbuck Home Farm (6.9 km).
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