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Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire.
| NGR: | NS 86966 13155 |
| WGS84: | 55.39927, -3.78639 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 374 m |
| Geology: | Lead, Zinc |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, Archaeo, Lost, SAM |
| Registry: | second |
Mine (Lead, Zinc), 18th / 19th c.
Site of shaft to extensive levels through the Straitstep Vein workings, now covered or infilled below grassy area SW of museum's Miners' Cottage. The NW-trending levels which cut through Wanlock Dod connected with those of the Bay Mine, which is essentially a continuation of the Straitsteps workings. Abandonment Plan shows that a SE continuation of the Adit Level (passing via the Engine Shaft) provided access to the Lochnell Mine by way of a cross-cut tunnel named the 'Burn Crosscut'. The SE continuation of the Adit Level connected with the Margarets Mine workings.
See Straitsteps Mine (Engine Shaft) [site #1370] for further info.
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: Labelled as 'Old Shaft' on OS 25" map of 1899 (absent from 1863 6" Ed.).
The shaft referred to as 'the Straitstep Shaft' by Wilson (1921) is probably the neighbouring, connected (beam) Engine Shaft.
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This entry was last updated: 2026-04-08 14:46:46
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