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Pitcon No.4 Hardcroft Ironstone Pit Lintseedridge [Ironstone Pit] Kilbirnie No.33 Pit Kilbirnie No.18 Pit Pitcon No.2
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Hardcroft, Dalry, Ayrshire.
| NGR: | NS 29740 51570 |
| WGS84: | 55.72753, -4.71275 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | 62 m |
| Altitude: | 35 m |
| Geology: | Limestone Coal Formation |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Lost |
| Registry: | second |
Ironstone Pit (19th Century).
Relatively extensive and complex blackband ironstone works, linking with 'old waste' workings from another pit to the N. Operated by Merry & Cunninghame, abandoned in 1876.
Alternative Names: Hardcroft Pit
Notes: Given 8 fig. coordinates based on pit shaft location shown on Geological Survey 6" map.
Separate site to 'Hardcroft Ironstone Pit' [Site 7512], c.350 m to WSW.
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