Northern Glass Cone, Alloa Glass Works
| Northern Glass Cone | |
|---|---|
The glass cone is in the grounds of the Alloa Glass Works | |
| Location | Alloa Glass Works, Glasshouse Loan, Alloa, Clackmannanshire FK10 1PD |
| Coordinates | 56°06′41″N 3°48′09″W / 56.1113°N 3.8025°W |
| Built | c. 1825 |
| Built for | Edinburgh Glasgow and Alloa Glass Company |
| Official name | Alloa Glass Works, glass cone |
| Designated | 10 November 1975 |
| Reference no. | SM3746 |
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.