Exhibition Pit

Pollok, Eastwood, City of Glasgow (Renfrewshire).

NGR:	NS 53180 61780
WGS84:	55.82686, -4.34537
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	60 m
Altitude:	15 m
Geology:	Lower Limestone Formation
Tags:	Mine, Shaft, Archaeo, Lost
Registry:	second

Mine (Coal Limestone & Alum), site of.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Site of buried shaft beside the Levern Water, immediately SW of playpark beside Southfield Cres / Levernside Rd junction.

Labelled as 'Exhibition Pit Coal Limestone & Alum' on 1st Ed. OS 6" & 25" maps. Location of shaft annotated with 'Site of Exhibition Pit 33 fms [60m] to Hurlet Coal' on geol. survey map. Absent from 1897 ed.

"So called from the fact of it having been opened in 1857 - It is situated on the property of Sir John Maxwell and pretty extensively wrought by Mr Wilson." [OS Namebook]

8 fig. coordinates determined using OS geolocation tool (geological map).

Links and Resources:

OS 6" map, 1st Ed.1864. Renfrewshire Sheet VII - View
OS 25" map, 1st Ed. 1858. Renfrewshire Sheet VII.8 - View
Geological survey map, 1909. Renfrewshire Sheet VII.SE - View
OS Namebook: OS1/26/5/1
MRA Ref. 253661-001

This entry was last updated: 2026-01-13 17:48:00

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