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Cove Vein (Laddered Shaft) Tait's Adit [Mouth] Wilson's Vein [Shaft] Cove Vein [Shaft] Crawford's Vein [Whytes Cleugh] Cove Mine (Whimsey Shaft) Cove Engine Shaft Belton Grain [Shaft] Crawford's Vein [Adit] Belton Grain Mine [Shaft] (II) Wanlock Dod [NW Adit] Belton Grain Mine [Wanlock Dod] Belton Grain Mine [New Vein Shaft] Bay Mine (Pumping Shaft) Bay Mine (Winding Shaft) High Pirn Mine Wanlock Dod [Adit] Ramage's Shaft
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Whytes Cleugh, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire.
| NGR: | NS 87085 13885 |
| WGS84: | 55.40585, -3.78481 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 419 m |
| Geology: | Lead, Zinc |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, SSSI, SAM |
| Registry: | second |
Mine shaft, probably late 17th c. Mine Plan [SP1768] suggests that this shaft was sunk to Tait's Adit [site #4378] that served the adjacent Cove & Belton Grain lead workings.
See Cove Mine (Whimsey Shaft) [site #10102] for background info.
Alternative Names: Burn Shaft, Cove Mine
Notes: Burn Shaft is shown on Wells' 1756 map (point R) at this locality. Probably one of the two shallow shafts to the Tait's Adit shown in the valley on Mine Plan SP1768, the most northerly of which is probably the Limpin Shaft (also shown on 1756 map).
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This entry was last updated: 2026-04-08 14:45:54
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