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Burn Shaft [Whytes Cleugh] Crawford's Vein [Whytes Cleugh] Cove Vein (Laddered Shaft) Belton Grain [Shaft] Cove Vein [Shaft] Tait's Adit [Mouth] Belton Grain Mine [Shaft] (II) Cove Mine (Whimsey Shaft) Crawford's Vein [Adit] Cove Engine Shaft Belton Grain Mine [Wanlock Dod] Belton Grain Mine [New Vein Shaft] Wanlock Dod [NW Adit] High Pirn Mine Bay Mine (Pumping Shaft) Bay Mine (Winding Shaft) Belton Grain [Trial] (II) Wanlock Dod [Adit]
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Whytes Cleugh, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire.
| NGR: | NS 87174 13920 |
| WGS84: | 55.40619, -3.78342 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 441 m |
| Geology: | Lead |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, SSSI, SAM |
| Registry: | second |
Mine shaft (Lead), situated on Wilson's Vein.
Satellite imagery shows shaft crater at SE end of associated spoil tip. Possibly associated with a level linked to Tait's Adit [site #4378].
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: Labelled as 'Old Shaft' on OS 10k map.
"New Cove and Wilson's Vein (Abandoned). Proprietor: The Duke of Buccleuch. Lessees: The Wanlockhead Lead Mining Co. Ltd.: These two veins were cut when driving the Whyte's Cleuch low level cross-cut. They are about 30 fms. apart, and levels were driven along them for short distances to the south. In all probability Wilson's Vein is the continuation of the Lochnell Vein" [Wilson, 1921]
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This entry was last updated: 2026-04-08 14:37:30
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