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Site of brick works. A brickworks is shown here on the 1809 John Wood map of Aberdeen which shows at least eight buildings. It is annotated as Brickfield on the Ogg 1847 map of Aberdeen by which time only four buildings remained. Bricks were made on the Links at Seaton utilising a local clay seam from at least the mid 18th century. The works were named Alexander Annand and Company on Taylor's 1773 map of the area. Annand's business went on the market in 1773 and was described as seven acres on the east side of Old Aberdeen, on the west of the tile burn and including clay pits and ground, house, office, barn, stable, kiln, mill and utensils. The works made bricks and tiles, chimney cans and other items used in the construction business. During the 18th century bricks were made in wooden moulds but latterly machinery was introduced to produce the items. Advertisements also included the sale of long bricks for making kiln arches and kiln pavement as well as flower pots. All the brick works within the Aberdeen area clubbed together to fix prices and an advert of 1784 named that price as '15 shillings per 1000 for bricks'. A site visit by Aberdeen City Council Archaeological unit in 1999 during refurbishment of the Dogs and Cats home on the southern part of the site recorded fragments of pottery and brick, but no features.
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