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Manuel Fireclay Mine

Whitecross, Muiravonside, Stirlingshire.

NGR:NS 96160 77030
WGS84:55.97499, -3.66550
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:Not recorded
Altitude:Not recorded
Geology:Passage Formation - fireclay
Tags:Mine, Adit, ManMade, Lost
Registry:second

Mine (Fireclay), 20th Century.

Highly extensive subsurface complex linked to the Compston Mine. See abandonment plan in refs for detailed plan layout. A shaft was sunk in 1923, prior to a new mine starting in 1928. The clay was reached in 1929 and worked until the site's closure in 1970.

Alternate Names: Manuel Mine

Notes: Owned by Stein, John G. & Co Ltd.

Given 8 fig. NGR is for the site of the main mine mouth that was located at the SE end of the now-demolished Manuel Works at Whitecross. Entrance now completely buried.

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