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Haggs Castle (coal pit)

St Andrews Drive, Shawlands, City of Glasgow (Renfrewshire).

22 fathoms to gas coal, marked on Geological Survey map, immediately E of Haggs Castle.

By 1840, the castle was in ruins and the lower floor had been turned into a smithy to service the local coal pit about a quarter mile south of the old castle. [Clan Maxwell Society]

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Haggs Castle is a 16th-century tower house, located in the neighbourhood of Pollokshields, in Glasgow, Scotland. The richly decorated building was restored in the 19th century, and today is once more occupied as a residence ... In 1753 Haggs in turn was replaced as a residence and abandoned when Pollok House was completed ... The castle basement was later used as a smithy. In the 1850s the remains were consolidated, and in the 1860s the castle was restored for the Maxwells' factor. Further restorations and additions were undertaken by Sir John Stirling-Maxwell in 1899-1900. A renovation scheme was prepared by architects MacGibbon and Ross, although their plans for a faithful restoration were not followed ... In 1943, the castle was requisitioned by the military, and was later divided into flats. In 1972 the Glasgow Corporation bought the castle, converting it to serve as the Museum of Childhood. When this closed in 1998, the house once more became a private dwelling. [wikipedia]

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