Thorntonloch Mine

Torness, Thorntonloch, East Lothian.

NGR:	NT 75898 73420
WGS84:	55.95320, -2.38755
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	Not recorded
Geology:	Not recorded
Tags:	Mine, ManMade, Archaeo
Registry:	second

Probably a historic coal mine from shoreline into cliff with associated drainage channels and remains of dams on the shore.

Perhaps connected to the horizontal level from Dunglass Dean under Dunglass Wood by Birnieknowes farm as far as Lawfield, constructed by a Mr Miller of Shorewood near Norham, Northumberland. [Martine]

Alternate Names: Lawfield Mine

Notes: See Mark Stanford and Alex Latta.

Line of excavation from Dunglass Dean to Lawfield interrupted by Bilsdean Burn, close to site of Dunglass Castle and not far from Dunglass Dean so adit entrance may be off Bilsdean Burn not Dunglass Burn.

Links and Resources:

GSG Bulletin, 4th Series, Vol.5, No. 1 (2011), pp.34-35. Latta, Alex, Lawfield Mine - The Story So Far.
GSG Newsletter 148, 14 November 2011.
Martine, John, 1894, Reminiscences of the ten parishes of Haddington. archive.org/stream/reminiscencesan00wilsgoog/reminiscencesan00wilsgoog_djvu.txt.

This entry was last updated: 2022-02-08 17:14:54

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