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Newfield Pit

Johnstone, Newfield, Renfrewshire.

NGR:NS 42246 63806
WGS84:55.84160, -4.52092
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:77 m
Altitude:20 m
Geology:Limestone Coal Formation
Tags:Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost
Registry:second

Mines (Limestone, Ironstone), 19th Century.

Shaft site covered / infilled? below field. Additional 'Air Pit' down to the Johnstone Clayband Ironstone was located a short distance to the NE at [NS 4226 6384] and was surveyed in 1881.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Marked as 'Newfield Pit (Ironstone)' on 1857 6" OS map, along with adjacent small bing. Absent from 1897 25" edition. Geol. Survey map states 42 fathoms [77m] to Blackhall Limestone.

This pit to limestone at the given coordinates does not appear on the abandonment plan for the shallower Johnstone CB ironstone workings in this area (see Barbush No.4/6 AP, in refs), suggesting the Newfield Pit may have primarily been a limestone mine.

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

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This entry was last updated: 2026-01-07 17:34:11

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