Go to the Main Scottish Cave and Mine Database Search PageMap with: Google Map, or OS Explorer Map from Streetmap.co.uk
Wilson's Vein [Mine] Leadhills [Overview] Deneburn [Trial Mouth] Marrs Shaft Borlase Shaft Broad Law High Level [Mouth] Waygate Shaft [Mills Vein] Broad Law Low Level [Mouth] Broad Law High Level [Shaft] Venturers Shaft Raik Vein (Carmichael Shaft) Ladder Shaft Gin Shaft (Gripps Level) Haddingtons Vein [Shaft] (II)
Go to the Main Scottish Cave and Mine Database Search Page
Leadhills, Elvanfoot Road, Dead Burn, Lanarkshire.
| NGR: | NS 88923 15240 |
| WGS84: | 55.41844, -3.75634 |
| Length: | 600 m |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 380 m |
| Geology: | Portpatrick Formation - wacke |
| Tags: | Mine, Adit, Archaeo |
| Registry: | second |
Site of portal to Deadburn Level adit, driven southwards along the Raik Vein for ca. 1000 ft. A perpendicular cross-cut branches off for ca. 250 ft to the E.
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: Given length approx, based on measurement from Mine Plan SP1807.
Hydrographic Feeds: None
Hydrographic Resurgences: None
Links and Resources:
This entry was last updated: 2026-04-28 20:17:24
Errors or omissions in this information? Submit corrections/additions/comments for this entry to the registrars.
All database content Copyright 2026 Grampian Speleological Group.
Web Registry software by Matt Voysey.