Sites and Monument Record: Dunmore Smithy (SMR 191)

Description
With Bankside, the smithy is characterised as possessing an entrance doorway in the form of a horseshoe. It is constructed from 15 stones. Another example can be found in Cumberland, and one of brick in Ireland. Interesting example of mid 19th estate development.

Object detail

Site type
building
Site status
Listed B
Site history notes
Constructed c1840 using stone brought to Dunmore Pier from Longannet. An inscription bears the name W Kay, who is believed to have been the foreman. A date is illegible.
Site conservation date
Circa 1860
Site grid ref
NS 8941 8950
Conservation status
Victorian

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