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Auchentibber (Limestone Mines)

Auchentibber, Blantyre, Lanarkshire.

NGR:NS 66695 55280
WGS84:55.77242, -4.12662
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:Not recorded
Altitude:Not recorded
Geology:Main / Mid Hosie Limestone
Tags:Mine, Adit, Archaeo, Lost
Registry:second

Mine adits (infilled).

To the E of Calder Glen, three limestone mine adits were located along the strike of Hosie limestones (according to Geol. Survey 10k map). There is no longer any sign of these workings, only a low weathered rock outcrop at the junction with Auchentibber Rd & Calderside Rd.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Old Quarries are labelled at the two easternmost localities on old OS maps, cf. adits into quarry faces.

Adits shown at (E to W): [NS 66755 55215], [66695 55280], & approx [6648 5522].

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This entry was last updated: 2026-01-11 11:14:25

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