Scanned image of Interior. Press House (building 92), general view from E.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 1 of the explosives works and armament depot, taken from the SE.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 1 of the explosives works and armament depot with railway and tramway/road viaducts adjacent, taken from the NW. In the foreground is a further tramway bridge.
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Oblique aerial view centred on part of Unit 2 of the explosives works and armament depot (W of Kirkgunzeon Lane) showing the surviving production houses and earthworks, taken from the WSW.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 2 of the explosves works and armament depot, showing the earthworks for burette houses and charge houses taken from the SSE.
Also visible is Edingham Industrial estate with Edingham farm poultry houses.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 2 of the explosives works and armament depot, showing the earthworks for the burette and charge houses with a type 24 pillbox. taken from the SW.
Also visible is Edingham Industrial Estate with Edingham farm poultry houses.
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View. North canteen and Acetone Tower, (buildings 214 and 215) from SW.
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View. Showing Acetone Recovery House with Incoproration and Press houses (building 6) from SE.
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View. Acetone Recovery House (broad), building 243 from SE.
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View. Incorporation Houses and air-raid shelter, (building 239) from W.
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Scanned Image. Interior.
Incorporation House, Dalbeattie. Detail of 1940's period pencil graffiti.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 2 of the explosives works and armament depot showing the production houses and loading bank, taken from the NW.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 2 of the explosives works and armament depot, shwoing incorporation houses and observation tower taken from the SE.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 2 of the explosves works and armament depot, showing the earthworks for burette houses and charge houses and a type 24 pillbox taken from the N.
Also visible is Edingham Industrial estate with Edingham farm poultry houses.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 2 of the explosves works and armament depot, showing the earthworks for burette houses and charge houses taken from the NW. In the background is the S canteen and loading banks
Also visible is Edingham Industrial estate with Edingham farm poultry houses.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the S part of the explosives works and armament depot showing the magazine area with earthworks for internal tranway system from the SE.
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Detail. Incorporation Houses, building 91 showing escape tunnel and embankment from W.
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View. Incorporation Houses, building 73 from SW.
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View. Earth covered magazines at S end of site.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 2 of the explosives factory, taken from the S.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 1 of the explosives works and armament depot, taken from the NE.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 2 of the explosives works and armament depot, showing the former canteen and gun cotton laoding station with five production houses, air-raid shelters and an observation tower, taken from the NNW.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 2 of the explosives works and armament depot, showing the earthworks for the charge houses with in the background the S canteen and loading banks. taken from the NW.
Also visible is Edingham Castle, Edingham Industrial Estate with Edingham farm poultry houses.
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View of Expansion Mgazines and roof of Incorporation house (building 93) with Acetone Recovery building in the background from SE.
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View. Incorporation Houses from the expansion magazine, (building 91) with looking through blast tunnel from W.
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View. Acetone Recovery House (broad), (building 243) from E.
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View. Showing steam pipe supports with now demolished Acetone Recovery building in distance from SW.
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Scanned image of View. North canteen rear elevation with external metal fire escape (building 214) from SE.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 1 of the explosives works and armament depot, taken from the SE.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 2 of the explosives works and armament depot showing the production houses, air-raid shelters and canteen (S) and loading bank, taken from the WSW.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the S part of the explosives works and armament depot showing the magazine area with earthworks for internal tranway system from the S.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the S part of the explosives works and armament depot showing the magazine area with earthworks for internal tranway system from the E. In the background is part of Unit 2 with the S canteen and railway loading bank.
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View of building 214 from S.
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View. Shifting room and stretcher point, building 231 from W.
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View. Row of Incorporation Houses, (building 92) from SW.
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Interior.
Drying House, building 30, showing detail of air vent in side corridor.
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Interior. Magazine showing tramway and coated stop and side protection. S end of site.
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Scanned image. View of Incorporation House with Expansion Magazines (building 93) from NE. An Acetone Recovery House is in the background.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 2 of the explosives factory, taken from the SW.
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Oblique aerial view centred on part of Unit 1 of the explosives works and armament depot showing the associated earthworks to the N, taken from the W.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 1 of the explosives works and armament depot, showing the production buildings and earthworks for the internal tramway system, taken from the WNW.
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View of building 93 from E.
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Detail. Press House shoing the cuts in the concrete floor of the external corridor for the trmway railsw.(building 30) from E.
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Interior.
Press Room of Incorpration House, (building 92), general view shwoing raised platform, steps and concrete beams from W.
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Scanned image. Detail of covered walkway of incorporation house (building 91), showing escape tunnel from S.
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Scanned image of Unit 1, part of Dalbeattie, Royal Naval Armament Depot/Edingham Nitro-glycerine works from SE.
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General oblique aerial view centred on Unit 1 of the explosives factory, taken from the NNE.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 2 of the explosives factory, taken from the SSW.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 1 of the explosives works and armament depot, taken from the E.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 2 of the explosves works and armament depot, showing the earthworks for burette houses and charge houses with a type 24 pillbox, taken from the NW.
Also visible is Edingham Industrial estate with Edingham farm poultry houses.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the S part of the explosives works and armament depot showing the magazine area with earthworks for internal tranway system from the S.
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Interior.
Incorporation House, building 74, detail of door.
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View of original GSWR rail bridge from SW. Visible are the later World War II boundary fence poles.
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View. SW end of site, magazines, course of internal tramway and observation post.
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View. Magazines on the S side of the B793 at S end of site.
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View. Single exposed magazine at S end of site.
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General oblique aerial view centred on Unit 1 of the explosives factory, taken from the N.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 2 of the explosves works and armament depot, showing the earthworks for burette houses and charge houses taken from the SSE.
Also visible is Edingham Industrial estate with Edingham farm poultry houses.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 2 of the explosves works and armament depot, showing the earthworks for burette houses and charge houses taken from the NW.
Also visible is Edingham Castle, Edingham Industrial estate with Edingham farm poultry houses.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 2 of the explosives works and armament depot, showing the earthworks for the charge houses,. taken from the SW.
Also visible is Edingham Castle, Edingham Industrial Estate with Edingham farm poultry houses.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 2 of the explosives works and armament depot, showing the earthworks for the charge houses taken from the S.
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Oblique aerial view centred on the S part of the explosives works and armament depot showing the magazine area, cordite loading station and the earthworks for internal tranway system from the NE.
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View. North canteen (building 214) from SW showing external metal stairs on rear elevation. In the distance the gun cotton unloading station with the general goods station and loading platforms. .
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View. Incorporation House with extant ventilators (building 30) from SW. View from tramway embankment and junction looking to curved concrete bridge over the Knock Burn
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View. Incorporation Houses (double side), building 239 from SE.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 1 of the explosives works and armament depot with adjacent railway and tramway/road viaducts, taken from the SSE.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 1 of the explosives works and armament depot, taken from the ESE.
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Oblique aerial view centred on Unit 2 of the explosives works and armament depot, showing the earthworks for burette houses and charge houses and type 24 pillbox taken from the W.
Also visible is Edingham Industrial estate with Edingham farm poultry houses.
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View. Entrance to underground magazine with a second in the foreground at S end of site.
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Detail. Sign on magazine with ventialtor at S end of site.
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Organisation: Historic Environment Scotland (HES)
Alternative name(s): Edingham Industrial Estate; Kirkgunzeon Lane; Edingham Munitions Factory
Canmore ID: 76279
Site type: Armament Depot (20th Century), Graffiti (21st Century)
County: Kirkcudbrightshire
Parish: Urr
Council: Dumfries And Galloway