Braehead (Limestone Mine) [1]

Braehead, Coalburn, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire.

NGR:	NS 81480 34290
WGS84:	55.58778, -3.88200
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	Not recorded
Geology:	Upper Limestone Fm - Index Limestone
Tags:	Mine, Quarry, Adit, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost
Registry:	second

Mine (Limestone / Coal). 19th Century.

Modest-scale pillar-and-stall workings that extended c.430 m from E to W, and had two mine mouths within an area of opencast workings. The site is now infilled, just W of a track that crosses underlying passageways. An access tunnel connected the workings to a smaller drift mine located to the NE.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: It is possible that the level in coal was a drainage adit for a mine in the overlying limestone. Mine mouth marked on geol. map.

Links and Resources:

Geological Survey map, 1927. Lanarkshire XXXVII.NE - View
Plan of Coal Board Workings of Index Limestone Seam (NS 26/8034). Scotland's People, RHP146000/369/1 - View (requires Scotland's People account)

This entry was last updated: 2025-08-11 09:32:20

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