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Cove Mine (Whimsey Shaft) Wanlock Dod [NW Adit] Cove Vein [Shaft] Crawford's Vein [Adit] Cove Vein (Laddered Shaft) Wanlock Dod [Adit] Tait's Adit [Mouth] Burn Shaft [Whytes Cleugh] Crawford's Vein [Whytes Cleugh] Ramage's Shaft Wilson's Vein [Shaft] Belton Grain Mine [Wanlock Dod] Belton Grain Mine [New Vein Shaft] High Drift [Adit] Belton Grain Mine [Shaft] (II) Belton Grain [Trial] (II) Bay Mine (Winding Shaft) High Pirn Mine Belton Grain [Shaft] Bay Mine (Pumping Shaft) Crawford's Vein [Cam Sheugh] Straitstep Vein [Adit] Belton Grain [Trial] Straitsteps Mine (High Level) Whytes Cleugh [Shaft] Dod Water Crosscut Lochnell Mine (Dod Level) String Shaft / Deep Shaft Rough Brae (Trial)
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Wanlock Dod, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire.
| NGR: | NS 87147 13652 |
| WGS84: | 55.40377, -3.78374 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 500 m |
| Geology: | Lead |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, Archaeo, Lost |
| Registry: | second |
Mine shaft?
Possible duplication of the Cove Mine's Whimsey Shaft [see site #10102 notes], although potentially an additional site depicted by BGS maps.
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: Given name & coordinates derived from BGS GeoIndex. Spoil tip depicted at given coordinate on 1863 OS map, beside label of 'Old Lead Pit'. Shaft symbol shown at [NS 8716 1366] on BGS 10k map. No shaft depicted at this locality on Wells' 1756 map that shows Whim Shaft further N.
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