Overview
Common Colliery and Brickworks is recorded as Brickworks (period Unassigned), Building (period Unassigned), Colliery(s) (period Unassigned), Colliery (period Unassigned), Cottage(s) (period Unassigned) in Scotland East Ayrshire. Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Common Colliery and Brickworks as Brickworks (period Unassigned), Building (period Unassigned), Colliery(s) (period Unassigned), Colliery (period Unassigned), Cottage(s) (period Unassigned).
Who lived here and when
The saved account records: Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Common Colliery and Brickworks as Brickworks (period Unassigned), Building (period Unassigned), Colliery(s) (period Unassigned), Colliery (period Unassigned), Cottage(s) (period Unassigned).
Homes and daily life
The label Brickworks (period Unassigned), Building (period Unassigned), Colliery(s) (period Unassigned), Colliery (period Unassigned), Cottage(s) (period Unassigned) gives the safest clue to purpose or form. It does not by itself prove the exact building method, daily use, age or sequence of changes at this place.
What was found
The official record fixes the place and calls it Brickworks (period Unassigned), Building (period Unassigned), Colliery(s) (period Unassigned), Colliery (period Unassigned), Cottage(s) (period Unassigned). It does not provide a full list of finds or a current condition report, so visible and buried remains are not guessed.
Why it ended
The saved wording does not establish one complete story of attack, rebuilding, abandonment, damage or later change. No single cause is claimed without evidence.
Why it mattered
Common Colliery and Brickworks matters as a recorded brickworks (period unassigned), building (period unassigned), colliery(s) (period unassigned), colliery (period unassigned), cottage(s) (period unassigned) tied to an exact landscape. The account keeps what is known useful while leaving names, dates and claims unsupported by the source visibly open.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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