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Sirocco Works Chimney is a modern industrial monument located in Belfast, Northern Ireland, protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 6277. The chimney stands at grid reference J348 741, constructed on bedrock of the Sherwood Sandstone Group, a geological formation of sandstone, siltstone and mudstone dating from the Ladinian period of the Triassic era.
The monument represents the industrial heritage of Belfast's manufacturing sector during the modern period. Industrial chimneys of this type served as focal points and symbols of urban industrial development, dominating skylines and serving as landmarks across growing industrial cities. The Sherwood Sandstone bedrock underlying the site provided a foundation typical of much of the Belfast area, influencing patterns of urban development and industrial location.
The protection of the chimney reflects its significance as a record of Belfast's industrial past and its contribution to the city's architectural character. Modern industrial monuments such as this exemplify the technological and economic systems that shaped Northern Ireland during the twentieth century, offering physical evidence of the region's manufacturing heritage and the scale of industrial operations that characterised urban centres of the period.
Sirocco works. chimney - ihr 010514 is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 6277. View the official record →
Sirocco Works Chimney is a modern industrial monument located in Belfast, Northern Ireland, protected by the Historic Environment Division under reference 6277.
Sirocco works. chimney - ihr 010514 dates from the modern period, and is classified as a chimney. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Sirocco works. chimney - ihr 010514 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 6277.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Belvoir park mound. motte (4.4 km), Rath (5.3 km), Platform rath (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Sirocco works. chimney - ihr 010514'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.
Sirocco works. chimney - ihr 010514 stands on Sherwood Sandstone Group, bedrock that formed in the Ladinian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.