Castlehill Iron Works
Location type
WorksName and dates
Castlehill Iron Works (1838-1884)Served by the Castlehill Branch (North British Railway).
Description
This iron works was north west of Carluke and the Caledonian Railway's Carluke station. It was served by both a branch from the Caledonian Railway (opened 1869 closed 1949), Castlehill Branch (North British Railway) branch (opened 1886 closed 1949) from Castlehill Branch Junction on the former Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway and the work's own railway network to lime quarries and mines.
The North British's branch is often described as their Carluke branch, but its principal purpose was to serve this works (which closed just before the line opened) and it did not reach Carluke itself, instead it petered out at a goods yard to the north of the town, using the former iron works railway to reach the location close to Castlehill House.
The site of the iron works has been cleared, reused for industrial uses and is presently a bus depot and partly unused site.
Tags
Iron worksExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Law Junction Carluke Stirling Road Morningside [CR] Morningside [1st] Morningside [NBR] Overtown [2nd] Davies Dykes Braidwood Overtown [1st] Cambusnethan Newmains Wishaw Wishaw South Dalserf | Coke Oven Castlehill No 6 Colliery Carluke Goods [NB] Brick and Tile works Coal Pit Hallcraig Junction Whiteshaw Foundry Coal Pit Coal Pit Quarry Ironstone Pit Hallcraig Brick and Tile Works Tile Works Tourist/other Law Hospital Castlehill Signal Box [CR] |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1866 | Castlehill Branch (Caledonian Railway) Line authorised to Castlehill Iron works. This was very probably a retrospective Act for an existing line, perhaps the Caledonian taking over a company built line. The branch is already shown in the OS map of 1860. The authorisation was as part of the Lanarkshire and Midlothian Branches Act of 1866. |
| 04/04/1949 | Castlehill Branch (North British Railway) Carluke [NB] to Castlehill Branch Junction (excluded) closed. A section between Castlehill Branch Junction and a Chapel Colliery remained open until 1955. Part of this line was built on the former course of a waggonway running from Castlehill Iron Works (Carluke). |
