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Margarets Vein [Trial] Mennockhass Water Tunnel [Shaft] Old Waygate Shaft Margarets Mine (Engine Shaft) Mennockhass Water Tunnel [Mouth] Wanlockhead [Overview] Lochnell Mine (Williamsons Level) Cove Vein [Rushy Sike Level] Burn Shaft [Wanlock Water] Mennock Hass Crosscut Low Inset [Wanlockhead] Cove Vein [Wanlock Dod Trial] Lochnell Mine [Shaft] Lochnell Mine (Dod Level) Old Glencrieff [Crosscut] (III) Straitsteps Mine (Engine Shaft) Rough Brae (Trial) Christie's Spout Level Belton Grain Level Straitsteps Mine [Lower Adit] Old Glencrieff (Shafts) Straitsteps Mine (Little's Engine Shaft) Old Glencrieff [Crosscut] (II)
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W of Mitchell Place, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire.
| NGR: | NS 87225 12745 |
| WGS84: | 55.39565, -3.78214 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 416 m |
| Geology: | Portpatrick Formation - wacke |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost, SAM |
| Registry: | second |
Site of shaft, blocked.
Sunk to the Adit Level that connected the lead workings of the Margarets Mine [site #10131] with those of Straitsteps to the NW [site #10083]. The BGS 10k map places this shaft S of a pathway, where a fenced-off area is visible from the roadside. This locality marks the intersection point of the Straitsteps-Margaret's Vein & the Lochnell Vein.
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: Labelled as 'Old Shaft' on OS map of 1899.
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This entry was last updated: 2026-04-08 14:49:53
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