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Kilbirnie No.20 Pit

S of Tennox Farm, Dalry, Ayrshire.

NGR:NS 29900 52190
WGS84:55.73315, -4.71059
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:82 m
Altitude:48 m
Geology:Limestone Coal Formation
Tags:Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost
Registry:second

Ironstone Pit (19th Century).

Small-scale blackband ironstone workings with shaft shown between two bings on 1858 OS 6" map. Abandonment plan (see refs) shows survey years of 1848/49.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Given coordinates based on pit shaft location shown on Geological Survey 6" map (labelled as 'No 20').

Dalry Blackband Ironstone seam at 45 fathoms [82 m].

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