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Temple Pit

Willow Street, Temple, City of Glasgow (Dumbartonshire).

NGR:NS 54615 69270
WGS84:55.89454, -4.32651
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:Not recorded
Altitude:29 m
Geology:Limestone Coal Formation - ironstone, coal
Tags:Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Lost
Registry:second

Mine (Ironstone, & Coal?), 19th Century.

Shaft buried below N end of Willow St. Labelled as Ironstone Pit on 1864 OS map, but situated along the N margin of an area of longwall Main Coal workings which were connected to those from Garscube No.2 Pit (to the N) by a short passage. See mine plan 3509 in refs for extent of coal workings.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Named Temple Pit on mine plan (3509).

Given coordinates derived from BGS GeoIndex.

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This entry was last updated: 2026-06-09 15:35:35

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