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Kilbirnie No.14 Pit Kilbirnie No.35 Pit Balgray No.2 Mine Swinlees (Ironstone Pit) [N] Kilbirnie No.16 Pit
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Pitcon Burn, Dalry, Ayrshire.
| NGR: | NS 29730 53070 |
| WGS84: | 55.74099, -4.71384 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 88 m |
| Geology: | Limestone Coal Formation |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost |
| Registry: | second |
Ironstone Mine (early 19th Century).
Small-scale blackband workings in conjunction with No.14 Pit, NE-SW axis extending from Pitcon Burn to almost Boag farm. Survey dates on abandonment plan (see refs) show years of 1846-50.
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: Given 8 fig. coordinates based on pit shaft location shown on Geological Survey 6" map (labelled 'No 1).
Absent from 1858 6" & 1914 25" OS maps.
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This entry was last updated: 2026-01-19 17:56:59
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