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Kilbirnie No.23 Pit Kilbirnie No.22 Pit Kilbirnie No.32 Pit Kilbirnie No.17 Pit Kilbirnie No.16 Pit Kilbirnie No.10 Pit
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E of Boagside, Kilbirnie, Ayrshire.
| NGR: | NS 30570 53270 |
| WGS84: | 55.74308, -4.70060 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | 113 m |
| Altitude: | 55 m |
| Geology: | Limestone Coal Formation |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost |
| Registry: | second |
Ironstone Pit (19th Century).
Small-scale blackband ironstone workings surveyed during the early 1860s.
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: No pit shown on 1856 or 1914 OS maps, but bings shown on latter.
Given coordinates based on pit shaft location shown on Geological Survey 6" map. Name from AP.
Dalry Blackband Ironstone seam encountered at 62 fathoms [113 m].
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