Rivington Moor Brickworks (ruin)

Rivington Moor Brickworks was an 18th Century brick works relying on clay from the adjacent mine. Heavily overgrown by moorland grass the old kiln is easily found as a round-shaped mound in the centre of the flat area of the site.

The clay was retrieved from two adits next to the brickworks area, although the coal was initially taken from shafts at the nearby Rivington Moor Colliery. The voids that can be found today around the old brickworks are small sections from under the floors of the drying rooms. There are a number of old tiles and bricks around the site that would have been produced at the brick works.

I think this brickworks was finally sold by Garbutt of Five Houses, along with the Winter Hill Brickworks at Hole Bottom down towards the Two Lads.

Created: 29  May  2021  Edited: 29  November  2023