I have added this page to my website for interests sake due to its nearness to English and Scottish Tile Works and the stamped bricks seen on site.
Nottylees Lime Kiln is situated near Nottylees Farm and right on the edge of the old Berwick to Kelso Railway about 1/4 of a mile West of Carham Burn, 1/2 mile West of the Shidlaw Tile Works (England) and 1/4 of a mile East of the Hadden Tile Works (Scotland).
Many thanks to David Welsh for taking me on a wander over the area described above.
Canmore – Lime kiln by former Carham Station, Roxburghshire This is a large, advanced and well-preserved limekiln. Its site beside a former railway station suggests that it was built to take advantage of rail transport, mainly of coal. The market for the lime was probably a local agricultural one. This is a general view of the kiln. The three arches each give access to one of the three draw holes. This is a particularly fine kiln. It is rubble-built, but has dressed stone arch ring.
Below – 26/09/1791 – Caledonian Mercury – A limekiln, that will draw thirty, forty or fifty card load of lime shell – five bolls to the cart. To be built at Nottylees in the Parish of Sprouston and Shire of Roxburgh. Any person willing to undertake the building are desired to give in plans and estimates to Mr Gilbert Kerr at Stodrig near Kelso anytime before 1st November. Andrew Jack at the Lime Work will show the situation.
Below – 03/06/1799 – Caledonian Mercury – Land, mills and Lime Works in the County of Roxburgh to let.
Below – 28/11/2018 – Site visit.
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Below – Middle drawhole.
Below – left drawhole
Below – Left drawhole looking into the centre of the kiln.
Below – Top of kiln overgrown with shrubs.
Below – Google Earth view
Below – The following clay products were found on site.
Below – Salt glazed fireclay drain stone, stamped W. Harriman & Co Ld, Blaydon on Tyne. Reg 222613. (Northumbria, England).
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Below – 2 Firebricks marked H. Carr & Co (with thumb print) and Radcliffe Co and a building brick marked Jones Bros Pelaw (All Northumbria, English). The top left is an unmarked red clay wire cut which was likely sourced from the Shidlaw Tile Works or the Hadden Tile Works.
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Below – A Darngavil brick from the West Lothian area of Scotland.
(Note – SBH – There appears to be conflicting information regarding the locations of the Darngavil, Craigriggs and Westfield Brickworks and information relating to each. If anyone can clarify or notices any mistakes then please get in touch). Craigrigg Brickworks aka Darngavil Brickworks Ltd, Craigrigg Works, West Lothian. Alternative brickworks include: Darngavil Brickworks Ltd, Darngavil…
Found at the Craigrigg Brickworks. Craigrigg Works, Westfield, West Lothian. . . . .
Found on the shore at Alloa. Darngavil Brickworks Ltd, Craigrigg Works, West Lothian. Alternative brickworks include: Darngavil Brickworks Ltd, Darngavil Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. . . .
Found by Ian Suddaby near Gairlochy, Spean Bridge. Note the sloping shoulders to the frog. Darngavil Brickworks Ltd, Craigrigg Works, West Lothian. Alternative brickworks include: Darngavil Brickworks Ltd, Darngavil Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. .
Found in the Glasgow area. Darngavil Brickworks Ltd, Craigrigg Works, West Lothian. Alternative brickworks include: Darngavil Brickworks Ltd, Darngavil Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. . .
Shidlaw Tileworks are 100 yards on the English side of the border situated on the Kelso Branch Railway and approximately 1 mile from Hadden Farm in Scotland. They are approximately 1/2″ from Carham Railway Station. (Note – SBH – I am referencing these tileworks as the claypit seems to run across the railway and right…
Hadden or Haddon Tileworks, Nr Kelso. Below – 1859 – Hadden Farm with Kiln Burn to the North but no obvious indication of the Tileworks. The kiln burn may have been named due to the presence of the nearby Nottylees Limekiln. 07/04/1871 – Kelso Chronicle – Hadden Lime and Tileworks. On sale, lime and drain…
(Note – SBH – There appears to be conflicting information regarding the locations of the Darngavil, Craigriggs and Westfield Brickworks and information relating to each. If anyone can clarify or notices any mistakes then please get in touch). (Note – SBH – Please read this page in conjunction with the Bridgehouse Brick and Tile Works,…
(Note – SBH – Please read this in conjunction with the Darngavil Brickworks, Torphicen as they may well all have been situated on the same site and known by the various names) 09/04/1861 – Dunfermline Press – Scotch bankrupts – William Arthur, brickmaker at Bridgehouse Brickwork and residing at Bridgehouse Cottages in the Parish of Torphichen…
Found at the Gartliston Works, Glenboig. Note the round ended from within the outer square ended frog. Darngavil Brickworks Ltd, Craigrigg Works, West Lothian. Alternative brickworks include: Darngavil Brickworks Ltd, Darngavil Works, Airdrie, Lanarkshire. .
