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Mosside No.3 Pit Mosside No.1 Pit Waverley Iron & Steel Works [1] Kippspark Ironstone Mines
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Miners Walk, Mosside, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire.
| NGR: | NS 74578 65930 |
| WGS84: | 55.87016, -4.00596 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | 123 m |
| Altitude: | 93 m |
| Geology: | Blackband ironstone, Kiltongue Coal |
| Tags: | Mine, Quarry, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost |
| Registry: | second |
Mine (Ironstone & Coal), abandoned pre-1859.
Shaft site now buried below area of grassland, formerly situated on S margin the now-demolished Ballochney Railway (re-occupied by Miners Walk). A now-infilled opencast brick pit was located a short distance E at [NS 7470 6596], probably serving the Airdriehouse Brick Works formerly located 200m to the SW.
Alternative Names: Mossside Ironstone Pit
Notes: Labelled as 'Old Pit (Ironstone)' on 1864 OS map. Geol. Survey map states blackband ironstone & Kiltongue Coal seams at 36 & 67 fms [66 & 123m], respectively.
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