Birkhill Fireclay Mine
Location type
MineName and dates
Birkhill Fireclay Mine (1880-1981)Served by the Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway.
Description
This fireclay mine was to the west of Birkhill station and by the River Avon. It produced clay for heat resistant bricks. It consisted of several pits and had its own narrow gauge line bridge over the River Avon. It was operated by P&M Hurll.
A siding ran north from the loading point to a point north of Birkhill station, joining at a loop. A tramway ran to the mine itself.
(Opening date assumed.)
The Birkhill Fireclay Mine became a museum after closure. Unfortunately this has closed. Birkhill Fireclay Mine
Birkhill station on the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway remains open nearby.
Tags
Mine fireclayExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Birkhill Manuel Manuel Low Level Manuel High Level Causewayend [SR] Causewayend [MR] [2nd] Kinneil [1st] Causewayend [MR] [1st] Kinneil Polmont Bo^ness [1st] Bowhouse Linlithgow Bo^ness Grangemouth | Avonbank Viaduct Bo^ness Low Junction Bo^ness Junction [1st] Manuel Bo^ness Junction Shed Bo^ness Junction Manuel Brick Works Canal Lye Avon Viaduct Almond Junction Almond Iron Works Kinneil Slag Hill Causewayend Junction Tourist/other Kinneil House Watt^s Workshop Kinneil House Polmont East Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
