Map with: Google Map, or OS Explorer Map from Streetmap.co.uk

Other Sites Within 500m

Swinlees (Ironstone Pit) [S]  Kilbirnie No.1 Pit 

 Go to the Main Scottish Cave and Mine Database Search Page

Swinlees (Ironstone Pit) [N]

Swinlees, Dalry, Ayrshire.

NGR:NS 29376 52770
WGS84:55.73817, -4.71929
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:Not recorded
Altitude:Not recorded
Geology:Limestone Coal Formation
Tags:Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Lost
Registry:second

Ironstone Pit (19th Century).

At least 15 m deep.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Given coordinates based on pit shaft location shown on Geological Survey 6" map.

Absent from 1858 OS 6" & 1914 25" OS maps.

8 fathoms [15 m] to Blackband Ironstone seam.

Links and Resources:

This entry was last updated: 2025-04-10 22:16:58

Errors or omissions in this information? Submit corrections/additions/comments for this entry to the registrars.

All database content Copyright 2026 Grampian Speleological Group.
Web Registry software by Matt Voysey.