Auchenlodment Coal Works (shaft)

Dunvegan Avenue, Johnstone, Renfrewshire.

NGR:	NS 43970 62385
WGS84:	55.82940, -4.49260
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	48 m
Geology:	Not recorded
Tags:	Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Lost, CoalMine
Registry:	second

Shaft at Auchenlodment Coal Works marked on OS maps. Now buried below residential grounds of Dunvegan Ave.

'Plan of the coal pit and workings in Auchlodment Coal with the march dyke betwixt the grounds of Elderslie and Auchlodment coal with the march dike betwixt the Grounds of Elderslie and Auchlodmont with the Engine Pit of Elderslie Coal also the Quarrie and Engine Mans House there'. By John Lawrie. Mining plan showing encroachments between the lands of Elderslie and Auchinlodment showing wall face of underground workings, Elderslie Engine Pit, engineman's house and quarry. [NRS]

Alternative Names: Auchinlodement Coal Works (shaft), Auchinlodoment Coal Works (shaft), Auchenlodment Coal Pit

Hydrographic Feeds: None

Hydrographic Resurgences: None

Links and Resources:

OS 6" map, 1857, Renfrewshire Sheet XI. Link
National Records of Scotland (NRS), RHP657. Plan of the coal pit and workings in Auchenlodment Coal, Renfrewshire, 1787.
Business Archives Council of Scotland, Newsletter no. 11 (Nov 1975), item 607. Personal and estate correspondence of Archibald Speirs, 1782- 1836 topics include Auchenlodment coal pit.
BGS GeoIndex ref: 30745 (Auchinlodoment Coal Works)
MRA ref: 243662-006

This entry was last updated: 2026-04-28 18:22:14

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