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THE POTTER’S CRAFT - AN AYRSHIRE STORY
During the 19th century, Ayrshire was at the forefront of Scotland’s industrial revolution. The key to the region’s industrial development lay below the ground where valuable minerals had been deposited over three hundred million years ago. Coal and ironstone were mined along with fireclay – a material whose heat resistance made it suitable for lining the furnaces in which iron was smelted. But this clay was versatile and was used by Ayrshire manufacturers to create a variety of products ranging
Baird Insitute, Lugar Street, Cumnock, Ayrshire KA18 1AD
Tue 9 Jul 2019 and Wed 10 Jul 2019
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