Alternative Names Thompson's Yard; River Clyde; Firth Of Clyde
Site type SHIPYARD
Canmore ID 187789
Site Number NS47SW 91.00
NGR NS 4015 7485
Council WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE
Parish DUMBARTON
Former Region STRATHCLYDE
Former District DUMBARTON
Former County DUNBARTONSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NS47SW 91.00 centred 4015 7485

NS47SW 91.01 c. 401 747 Watching Brief
NS47SW 91.02 4002 7488 Roll on-Roll off facility
NS47SW 91.03 centred 4005 7467 Tidal Dock
NS47SW 91.04 centred 4001 7491 Jetty
NS47SW 91.05 centred 4013 7499 Works building
NS47SW 91.06 centred 4020 7480 Works building
NS47SW 91.07 centred 4000 7499 Jetty

For Denny's Ship model experiment tank, see NS47NW 16.

(Location cited as NS 402 748). Leven Shipyard, founded 1857 by William Denny and Bros. The most interesting survival at this yard is the test tank (NS47NW 16) of 1882-3, the first commercial one in the world, which is in a long single-storey brick building, with a stone frontage. Other remains are mainly modern sheds. Nearby are several streets of superior dwellings built by the company from 1882.
J R Hume 1976.

NS 401 748 An archaeological evaluation was carried out in March 2006 in advance of the proposed construction of residential housing at Thompson's Yard, Dumbarton, the former site of William Denny and Brothers Shipbuilding Yard. The evaluation trenching consisted of a 5.4% sample of the 6.2ha development area. The evaluation uncovered extensive evidence for the widespread accumulation of dumped deposits and/or truncation of alluvial and geological sand deposits. All of the deposits and materials encountered during the evaluation trenching related to 19th-and 20th-century activity associated with William Denny and Brothers Shipbuilding Yard. No artefacts or features relating to medieval Dumbarton or to earlier prehistoric features were discovered.
Archive to be deposited in NMRS.
Sponsor: Turnberry Homes Ltd.
L Dunbar 2006.

Notes and Activities

March 2006

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION

Notes NS 401 748 An archaeological evaluation was carried out in March 2006 in advance of the proposed construction of residential housing at Thompson¿s Yard, Dumbarton, the former site of William Denny and Brothers Shipbuilding Yard. The evaluation trenching consisted of a 5.4% sample of the 6.2ha development area. The evaluation uncovered extensive evidence for the widespread accumulation of dumped deposits and/or truncation of alluvial and geological sand deposits. All of the deposits and materials encountered during the evaluation trenching related to 19th-and 20th-century activity associated with William Denny and Brothers Shipbuilding Yard. No artefacts or features relating to medieval Dumbarton or to earlier prehistoric features were discovered.
Archive to be deposited in NMRS.
Sponsor: Turnberry Homes Ltd.
L Dunbar 2006

Further details

Books and References

Dumbarton Official Guide ([1960?]) The royal burgh of Dumbarton: the official guide, [s.l.]
Page(s): 29-30 Held at RCAHMS D.11.43.DUM.P

Dunbar, L (2006d) 'Thompson's Yard, Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire (Dumbarton parish), evaluation', Discovery Excav Scot, vol.7 Dorchester
Page(s): 168-169

Hume, J R (1976) The industrial archaeology of Scotland, 1, Lowlands and Borders London
Page(s): 110 Held at RCAHMS J.4.11.HUM

MacPhail, I M M (1972) Dumbarton through the centuries: a short history of Dumbarton, [Dumbarton]
Page(s): 65-7 Held at RCAHMS D.11.43.DUM

RCAHMS (1999c) Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland: Scotland from the air 1939 - 1949, volume 1: catalogue of the Luftwaffe photographs in the National Monuments Record of Scotland, Scotland from the air 1939-49 volume 1 Edinburgh
Page(s): 23-4 Held at RCAHMS A.1.7.LUF

Sherry, A M (1996) The Blackburn: Dumbarton's aircraft factory, Ochiltree, Ayrshire
Page(s): 16 Held at RCAHMS J.5.4.SHE

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