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Lochnell Mine (Williamsons Level) Mennockhass Water Tunnel [Mouth] Cocks Shaft Burn Shaft [Wanlock Water] Wanlockhead [Overview] Low Inset [Wanlockhead] Margarets Vein [Trial] Mennockhass Water Tunnel [Shaft] Lochnell Mine [Shaft] Margarets Mine (Engine Shaft) Lochnell Mine (Dod Level) Cove Vein [Rushy Sike Level] Cove Vein [Wanlock Dod Trial] Straitsteps Mine (Engine Shaft) Rough Brae (Trial) Straitsteps Mine [Lower Adit] Straitsteps Mine (Little's Engine Shaft) Old Glencrieff [Crosscut] (III) Old Glencrieff (Shafts) Weir's Vein [Shaft] String Shaft / Deep Shaft Old Glencrieff [Crosscut] (II) Old Glencrieff Mine [Shaft] (II) Mennock Hass Crosscut Old Glencrieff Mine (High Drift) Straitsteps Mine (High Level) Straitstep Vein [Adit] Old Glencrieff [Crosscut] Old Glencrieff Mine [Shaft] High Drift [Adit] Belton Grain Level Christie's Spout Level New Glencrieff Mine (Adit Level) Old Glencrieff Mine (Shankiland's Shaft) New Glencrieff Mine (Horse Level)
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Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire.
| NGR: | NS 87167 12871 |
| WGS84: | 55.39677, -3.78311 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 409 m |
| Geology: | Portpatrick Formation - wacke |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, Archaeo, Lost, SAM |
| Registry: | second |
Mine shaft (Lead).
Sunk to a short level that followed the Margaret's Vein. A blind shaft joined this level to the underlying 'Adit Level' (aka 'Low Level') passage that connected the Straitsteps & Margarets mine workings. The (Old) Waygate Shaft is probably blocked / buried to the rear of Mitchell Place.
"Waygate Shaft is at the southern end of the [Straitstep] vein about at its junction with Lochnell Vein. Straitstep vein (also called Margarets vein, and Whytes Cleuch Vein) courses approximately NNW-SSE for about 1 mile. Straitstep vein was also developed from the Bay Mine shaft.The dump at Waygate shaft in 1987 produced the best examples of Veszelyite in the UK." [Mindat]
Alternative Names: Waygate Shaft
Notes: Not be confused with the Waygate Shaft at Glengonnar, Leadhills.
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This entry was last updated: 2026-04-15 17:55:29
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