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Mosshouse [Old Ironstone Pit] Braehead Pit Mosshouse No.1 Pit Lugar (Cave of)
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Auchinleck, Wallacetown, Ayrshire.
| NGR: | NS 60170 21870 |
| WGS84: | 55.47061, -4.21357 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | Not recorded |
| Geology: | Lugar Blackband Ironstone |
| Tags: | Mine, ManMade, Archaeo |
| Registry: | second |
Mines (Ironstone).
Two early ironstone pits marked on S side of the Bellow Water, N of Wallacetown (1860 OS map). A clay pit is also marked to the SE; probably opencast and now infilled under field.
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: Marked as 'Old Ironstone Pits' on 1860 OS map. Non-annotated shaft shown on geol. survey map (used for given coordinates using OS georef. tool). Absent from MRA map.
Site was just N of Wallacetwon Cottage (now demolished).
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This entry was last updated: 2025-07-10 11:25:38
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