Where is Northern Glass Cone, Alloa Glass Works?

Northern Glass Cone, Alloa Glass Works is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode FK10 1PA).

How do I get to Northern Glass Cone, Alloa Glass Works?

The nearest railway station is Alloa, about 1.1 km away. Drivers can use postcode FK10 1PA.

Is Northern Glass Cone, Alloa Glass Works free to visit?

Yes, Northern Glass Cone, Alloa Glass Works is free to enter.

How do I get to Northern Glass Cone, Alloa Glass Works?

The nearest railway station is Alloa, about 1.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode FK10 1PA.

Memorials & monuments · Central Scotland

Northern Glass Cone, Alloa Glass Works

In or near Airth.

Free admission

Northern Glass Cone, Alloa Glass Works in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

Glasshouse Loan postbox ref FK10 1 - geograph.org.uk - 3520380 — Alan Murray-Rust — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 15 min–45 min
Nearest railway station: Alloa · 1.1 km

Free entry
Dog-friendly

Getting there & planning your visit

To visit the Northern Glass Cone at Alloa Glass Works, the nearest railway station is Alloa, located 1.1 km away. Entry to the site is free.

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Northern Glass Cone, Alloa Glass Works is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

The Northern Glass Cone is a 19th-century glass cone formerly used in the glass manufacturing process at Alloa Glass Works in the burgh of Alloa, the administrative centre of the central Scottish council area of Clackmannanshire. The brick-built cone is the only such structure to survive in Scotland, and is one of four in the United Kingdom: the other three are at Lemington on Tyneside, Catcliffe in South Yorkshire and Wordsley in the West Midlands. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

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Background

History

Alloa Glass Works was established in 1750 by Lady Frances Erskine. Workers were trained by craftsmen from Bohemia (in the present-day Czech Republic), who also oversaw the construction of the first glass cone on the site. This structure was 90 ft tall. By 1825, the Edinburgh Glasgow and Alloa Glass Company owned the site; they built another three cones, of which the Northern cone, 79 ft high, was one. (Its immediate neighbour was correspondingly known as the Southern cone.) The base was octagonal, rather than circular, and had arched entrances. The main body of the cone was of brick laid in English Bond formation. The original cone and one other were demolished before the 1960s, but the…

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Coordinates: 56.1113, -3.8026
District: Clackmannanshire
Postcode: FK10 1PA
Parliamentary constituency: Alloa and Grangemouth
Established: 1825
Nearest railway station: Alloa — 1.1 km

Sources

wikidata: Q7058372 (CC0)
wikipedia: Northern Glass Cone, Alloa Glass Works (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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