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Waterside, Dalmellington Ironworks is a scheduled monument representing the iron production industry of nineteenth-century Ayrshire. The works were established to exploit the local blackband ironstone deposits and operated as part of the broader industrial development of the Dalmellington area during the industrial era. The site retains physical evidence of the ironworking process, including structural remains characteristic of period ironworks infrastructure. As a scheduled monument, Waterside represents an important survival of Scotland's industrial heritage and demonstrates the scale of metal production activity that transformed rural Ayrshire during the nineteenth century.
Waterside, Dalmellington Ironworks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4345. View the official record →
Waterside, Dalmellington Ironworks is a scheduled monument representing the iron production industry of nineteenth-century Ayrshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4345.
Waterside, Dalmellington Ironworks 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 SM4345.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Waterside Bing, iron slag bing, Dalmellington Ironworks (0.5 km), Laight Castle (0.7 km), Waterside, miners' villages & mineral railways N of (1.4 km).
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