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Lochnell Mine (Williamsons Level) Old Waygate Shaft Lochnell Mine [Shaft] Straitsteps Mine (Engine Shaft) Rough Brae (Trial) Lochnell Mine (Dod Level) Low Inset [Wanlockhead] Straitsteps Mine [Lower Adit] Mennockhass Water Tunnel [Mouth] Straitsteps Mine (Little's Engine Shaft) Wanlockhead [Overview] Weir's Vein [Shaft] String Shaft / Deep Shaft Cove Vein [Wanlock Dod Trial] Cocks Shaft Straitsteps Mine (High Level) Old Glencrieff Mine [Shaft] (II) Old Glencrieff (Shafts) Straitstep Vein [Adit] High Drift [Adit] Old Glencrieff Mine (High Drift) Old Glencrieff Mine [Shaft] Old Glencrieff [Crosscut] (III) Old Glencrieff [Crosscut] Old Glencrieff Mine (Shankiland's Shaft) Old Glencrieff [Crosscut] (II) Margarets Vein [Trial] Mennockhass Water Tunnel [Shaft] Cove Vein [Rushy Sike Level] Laird's Shaft Ramage's Shaft New Glencrieff Mine (Adit Level) Margarets Mine (Engine Shaft) Wanlock Dod [Adit] New Glencrieff Mine (Horse Level) Belton Grain Level Christie's Spout Level
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Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire.
| NGR: | NS 87115 13000 |
| WGS84: | 55.39791, -3.78398 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 384 m |
| Geology: | Portpatrick Formation - wacke |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, Archaeo, Lost, SAM |
| Registry: | second |
Shaft, blocked.
Site of shaft located on bank of Wanlock Water, sunk to the Adit Level that connects the Margarets & Strainsteps lead mine workings. A ca. 120m-long NE-trending crosscut tunnel to the Lochnell Vein (passing under the Williamson Level of the Lochnell Mine) diverges from the Adit Level at this point.
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: Name & location shown on Mine Plan SP1771. Given coordinates approx., based on re-scaling of mine plans over OS map. Not to be confused with a shaft of the same name on the Cove Vein at Whytes Cleugh [site #10110].
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This entry was last updated: 2026-04-08 14:45:59
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