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Wanlock Dod [Adit] High Drift [Adit] Wanlock Dod [NW Adit] Straitstep Vein [Adit] Lochnell Mine (Dod Level) Rough Brae (Trial) Straitsteps Mine (High Level) Cove Engine Shaft Lochnell Mine [Shaft] String Shaft / Deep Shaft Straitsteps Mine (Engine Shaft) Straitsteps Mine [Lower Adit] Straitsteps Mine (Little's Engine Shaft) Weir's Vein [Shaft] Cove Mine (Whimsey Shaft) Crawford's Vein [Cam Sheugh] Old Glencrieff Mine [Shaft] (II) Crawford's Vein [Adit] Belton Grain [Trial] (II) Cove Vein [Shaft] Low Inset [Wanlockhead] Old Glencrieff Mine [Shaft] Burn Shaft [Wanlock Water] Cove Vein [Wanlock Dod Trial] Old Glencrieff Mine (Shankiland's Shaft) Lochnell Mine (Williamsons Level) Laird's Shaft Dod Water Crosscut Cove Vein (Laddered Shaft) Belton Grain [Trial] Old Glencrieff [Pates Knowe] Bay Mine (Winding Shaft) Belton Grain Mine [Wanlock Dod] Old Glencrieff Mine (High Drift) Tait's Adit [Mouth] New Glencrieff Mine [Glencrieff Cottage] Bay Mine (Pumping Shaft) Whytes Cleugh [Shaft] Burn Shaft [Whytes Cleugh] Crawford's Vein [Whytes Cleugh]
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Wanlock Dod, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire.
| NGR: | NS 87138 13394 |
| WGS84: | 55.40146, -3.78377 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 507 m |
| Geology: | Lead |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, Archaeo |
| Registry: | second |
Mine shaft (Lead).
Crater with some associated spoil visible at given coordinates on satellite imagery. Possibly the shaft depicted on Mine Plan (SP1768) that was sunk to a standalone level high up Wanlock Dod hill.
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: Name of "Ramsay's Shaft" shown around this location on Wells' 1756 map.
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This entry was last updated: 2026-04-19 12:06:00
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