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Bonnyside No. 2 Mine

High Bonnybridge, Bonnyside, Stirlingshire.

Mine (Fireclay), 20th Century.

Mine workings were largely just N of the NE end of a reservoir, a considerable distance from the mine mouth that was connected by a c.600 m-long access tunnel under the railway & reservoir. No open entrances (c. 2014). Extent of mine shown on abandonment plan (including entrance tunnels, see refs) appears collapsed with visible subsidence creating flooded pit on surface. The mine was abandoned in 1967.

James Dougall & Sons Ltd, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Bonnyside Brickworks, Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire. Producers of Dpougall Bricks, Silicas Fireclay Bricks and Blocks. Bomnnyside Brickworkss, High Bonnybridge.

The brickworks was situated just south of the main Edinburgh - Glasgow railway. It was started in 1884 by James Dougall and specialised in firebricks. The houses were for the workers. Brickworks were located close to supplies of clay and coal. The Bonnybridge area had an abundance of the type of clay used to make firebricks (refractory bricks), and coal. The bricks were used in furnaces and other high temperature environments.

Alternate Names: Bonnyside Mines No. 2, Bonnybridge Fireclay Works

Notes: Mine was mostly in Lower Millstone Grit Fireclay, with subordinate workings in the Castlecary Black Fireclay.