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Coalburn Ironstone Mine Coalburn Limestone Mine Auchlochan Colliery No.1 Pit Braehead (Limestone Mine) [1]
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Braehead Road, Coalburn, Lanarkshire.
| NGR: | NS 81182 34604 |
| WGS84: | 55.59053, -3.88686 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 246 m |
| Geology: | Index Limestone |
| Tags: | Mine, Adit, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost |
| Registry: | second |
Mine (Limestone).
Small-scale grid pillar-and-stall workings underlying the derelict ground just E of Belvedere Pl. The workings were accessed by an inclined access tunnel with a mine mouth at the given 8 fig. coordinates (immediately SW of the later Poneil Coal Pit No.1).
Alternative Names: Poneil Lime Works, Poneil Limestone Mine
Notes: Satellite imagery suggests the mine mouth has been infilled / buried. Marked as adit on MRA map.
"Coalburn to Bankend: The Index Limestone was worked here. There are abandoned quarries at Shodrigg and Auchenbegg to the west of Coalburn, and quarries and mines at the Poneil Lime Works at Braehead. The section of the worked seam in the Poneil mines (abandoned 1914) shows: shale roof; limestone, 5 ft. 9 in.; fireclay pavement." [Robertson, 1949]
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