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Glenglass Adit (Mouth) Glenglass Adit (Shaft) [II] Meadow Level [Adit] Glenglass Adit (Shaft) [III] Meadowfoot Adit Glenglass Adit (Shaft) [IV] Glenglass Adit (Shaft) [V] New Glencrieff Mine (Adit Level Shaft) New Glencrieff Mine (High Adit) New Glencrieff Mine (Adit Level) [N] Bay Mine (Low Level) New Glencrieff Mine (Jerry Shaft) New Glencrieff Mine (Pump Shaft) [II] New Glencrieff Mine (West Glencrieff Pit) New Glencrieff Mine (Pump Shaft) New Glencrieff Mine (Thunderhall Pit) Whytes Cleugh [Shaft] New Glencrieff Mine [Adit] New Glencrieff Mine (Laurie's Shaft) Laurie's Inset New Glencrieff Mine (Warfield's Shaft) Dod Water Crosscut Bay Mine (Pumping Shaft) New Glencrieff Mine (Lorimers Shaft)
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Meadowfoot, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire.
| NGR: | NS 86281 13613 |
| WGS84: | 55.40322, -3.79739 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | Not recorded |
| Geology: | Not recorded |
| Tags: | Shaft, Archaeo, Lost |
| Registry: | second |
Obliterated mine shaft, depicted as 'Old Shaft' along SW verge of tramway on 1899 OS map. Formerly sunk to the New Glencrieff Mine's Glenglass Adit which has collapsed at this locality. The 'new' adit mouth is located ca. 40m SE of this point [see registry site #10078].
See registry entries for: New Glencrieff Mine (West Glencrieff Pit), & New Glencrieff Mine (Adit Level)
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: Labelled as "Old shaft to surface" along Adit Level on mine plan SP1833.
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This entry was last updated: 2026-03-29 20:57:59
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