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Margarets Vein [Trial] Margarets Mine (Engine Shaft) Cocks Shaft Mennock Hass Crosscut Old Waygate Shaft Mennockhass Water Tunnel [Mouth] Wanlockhead [Overview] Cove Vein [Rushy Sike Level] Lochnell Mine (Williamsons Level) Low Inset [Wanlockhead] Burn Shaft [Wanlock Water] Cove Vein [Wanlock Dod Trial] Christie's Spout Level Belton Grain Level Lochnell Mine [Shaft] Belton Grain Level [E Portal] Lochnell Mine (Dod Level)
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Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire.
| NGR: | NS 87292 12673 |
| WGS84: | 55.39502, -3.78105 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 411 m |
| Geology: | Portpatrick Formation - wacke |
| Tags: | Shaft, Tunnel, Archaeo, SAM |
| Registry: | second |
Fenced-off shaft, probably associated with the underlying Mennockhass Water Tunnel, or a dead-end short side-passage that branches off from the aqueduct [site #9535] at this point. It is possible that this side-passage was a trial driven from the aqueduct tunnel that passed through the lead-rich Margaret's Vein.
See 'Mennockhass Water Tunnel' [site #9535]
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: Labelled as 'Old Shaft' on E side of track on OS map of 1899. Water Tunnel path shown on mine plan for Margaret's Vein (SP1771) that only shows a short offshoot of the water tunnel at this locality; cf. access shaft.
Separate site to the adjacent lead trial [site #1010]
Hydrographic Feeds: Mossy Burn reservoir
Hydrographic Resurgences: Wanlock Water
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This entry was last updated: 2026-04-08 14:50:12
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