Geologists' Association Excursion to Hastings, June 22nd 1907. The Strade.

Geologists' Association Excursion to Hastings, June 22nd 1907. The Strade. A modern pebble beach showing the ridge formed by high tides.

From the Geologists' Association 'Carreck Archive'

Bob McIntosh

Guestling Brickworks Ltd., Three Oaks, near Hastings

BGS image ID: P006801

Guestling Brickworks Ltd., Three Oaks, near Hastings. Looking E. Firing of brick kilns. Specialist hand-made facing bricks are manufactured in this small brick-works. Silty loamy 'Head' is dug nearby and used as raw materials. The two kilns are of round down-draught type and are used alternately in weekly firing cycles, during which the bricks are raised to a temperature of 1200 C.

Date of image: 1967

Bob McIntosh