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Cove Vein [Shaft] Burn Shaft [Whytes Cleugh] Tait's Adit [Mouth] Cove Mine (Whimsey Shaft) Wilson's Vein [Shaft] Crawford's Vein [Whytes Cleugh] Cove Engine Shaft Crawford's Vein [Adit] Wanlock Dod [NW Adit] Belton Grain [Shaft] Belton Grain Mine [Shaft] (II) Belton Grain Mine [Wanlock Dod] Belton Grain Mine [New Vein Shaft] Bay Mine (Winding Shaft) Bay Mine (Pumping Shaft) Wanlock Dod [Adit] High Pirn Mine Ramage's Shaft Belton Grain [Trial] (II) Whytes Cleugh [Shaft] High Drift [Adit]
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Wanlock Dod, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire.
| NGR: | NS 87112 13813 |
| WGS84: | 55.40521, -3.78435 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 444 m |
| Geology: | Portpatrick Formation - wacke |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, Trial, Archaeo, SAM |
| Registry: | second |
Site of a mine shaft, located beside spoil tip. Late-17th / early-18th c., either part of the Cove Mine complex, or a trial pit.
See Cove Mine (Whimsey Shaft) [site #10102] for background info.
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: Name of 'Laddered Shaft' shown at this location on Wells' 1756 map (point Q). Only surface shafts shown on Cove Vein Mine Plan are the Whimsey Shaft &those to the Whytes Cleugh valley floor.
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This entry was last updated: 2026-04-19 12:05:18
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