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Kirkwall Gasworks

Gas Works (19th Century) - (20th Century)

Site Name Kirkwall Gasworks

Classification Gas Works (19th Century) - (20th Century)

Canmore ID 110946

Site Number HY41SW 44

NGR HY 4481 1097

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Orkney Islands
  • Parish Kirkwall And St Ola
  • Former Region Orkney Islands Area
  • Former District Orkney
  • Former County Orkney

Archaeology Notes

HY41SW 44.00 4481 1097

HY41SW 44.01 HY 4481 1096 Urban Excavation

(Location cited as HY 448 110). Gas works, 19th and early 20th century. A group of corrugated-iron and rubble buildings, dominated by a corrugated-iron-clad vertical-retort house. There is a small 6-column holder, and a range of purifiers, water-cooled condensor and scrubber also survive. Out of production, and used as a depot.

J R Hume 1977.

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Publication Account (1977)

(Location cited as HY 448 110). Gas works, 19th and early 20th century. A group of corrugated-iron and rubble buildings, dominated by a corrugated-iron-clad vertical-retort house. There is a small 6-column holder, and a range of purifiers, water-cooled condensor and scrubber also survive. Out of production, and used as a depot.

J R Hume 1977.

Field Visit (29 July 2010)

This site is now occupied by 1980s style housing and is now known as 'Castleyards'.

Based on map evidence, the gasworks increased in size from approximately 895 square metres to over 1,000 square metres in the period 1882-1903 (1st and 2nd edotion Ordnance Survey maps, Orkney, 1882 and 1903, sheet CVIII.3).

Visited by RCAHMS (MMD/IA), 29th July 2010.

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