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Braehead Pit

Lugar, Braehead, Cumnock, Ayrshire.

NGR:NS 59950 22110
WGS84:55.47270, -4.21717
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:Not recorded
Altitude:Not recorded
Geology:Lugar Blackband Ironstone
Tags:Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost
Registry:second

Mine (Ironstone), 19th Century.

Overgrown spoil mound located to SE of buried pit location.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Marked as 'Braehead Pit (Ironstone)' on 1860 OS map, but shaft not annotated on geol. survey map.

8 fig. NGR derived using OS georef. tool

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