Hailstonemyre Tileworks, Near Birkenshaw, Dalserf, South Lanarkshire

Hailstonemyre Tileworks, Near Birkenshaw, Dalserf, South Lanarkshire possibly aka Swinehill Tileworks.

(SBH – Note – see also the Dalserf Coke, Coal and Brickworks, Swinehill, South Lanarkshire as their Swinehill Colliery and Coke ovens appears to have been build on the site of the Hailstonemyre Tileworks c. 1858)

Below – 1858 – Hailstonemyre Tileworks

Below – 1858 – Hailstonemyre Tileworks, Near Birkenshaw. The works are not detailed on the 1910 map.

1858 – 1861 – ScotlandsPlaces –  Hailstonemyre – James Forest occupier – A farm steading recently sold – purchaser’s name not yet known. The public right of way from “Swinehill” to “Marlage” passes on the north side of this farm. There is a tilework on this farm wrought by the farmer.

1858 – 1861 – ScotlandsPlaces – This comprises of a kiln for baking the tiles, a wooden shed, for drying and seasoning them, and a wooden mill for working the clay previous to shaping it into tiles. The whole used for the manufacturing of tiles used for draining purposes. It is on the lands of “Hailstonemyre”.

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