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Bishopbriggs Golf Course, W of Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire (East Dunbartonshire).
| NGR: | NS 59940 71030 |
| WGS84: | 55.91192, -4.24234 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | 49 m |
| Altitude: | 49 m |
| Geology: | Limestone Coal Formation - BB.I. |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost |
| Registry: | second |
Mine (Ironstone), 19th Century.
Extensive blackband ironstone workings in conjunction / communication with No.14 Pit. Shaft site buried below woodland rough between fairways on golf course. No.15 shaft roughly in a central position to the ironstone workings which were bound to the W / NW by the Forth & Clyde Canal and broadly correspond to the extent of the overlying golf course (probably due to subsidence risk). See abandonment plan (in refs) for detailed extent.
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: Shaft site located at given 8 fig. NGR.
Marked as 'Old Shaft' on 1909 OS map, and absent from 1864 edition (surveyed 1858).
AP states 27 Fms 2' 6" to Main Blackband Ironstone.
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This entry was last updated: 2026-01-13 20:07:07
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