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Benston Pit (coal)

Floors Burns, Beith road, Quarrelton, Johnstone, Renfrewshire.

NGR:NS 42117 62044
WGS84:55.82574, -4.52195
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:Not recorded
Altitude:Not recorded
Geology:Not recorded
Tags:Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Lost, CoalMine
Registry:second

Benston Pit (coal) marked on OS map.

In 1860, several miners drowned in a flood at Benston. [Nisbet]

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Hydrographic Feeds: None

Hydrographic Resurgences: None

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This entry was last updated: 2026-04-27 13:39:02

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