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Kilbirnie No.18 Pit

Pitcon Burn, Hagsthorn, Dalry, Ayrshire.

NGR:NS 29870 51970
WGS84:55.73117, -4.71093
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:42 m
Altitude:44 m
Geology:Limestone Coal Formation
Tags:Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Lost
Registry:second

Ironstone Pit (19th Century).

Shaft located at W end of relatively small-sized blackband ironstone complex, beside elongate refuse bing. Abandonment plan (in refs) indicates survey years of 1848-54.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Given coordinates based on pit shaft location shown on Geological Survey 6" map (labelled 'No 20 about 23 fathoms [42 m] in depth'.

Hagsthorn is a lost hamlet.

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This entry was last updated: 2026-01-19 18:03:22

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