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Whifflet (Ironstone Pit)

Coatbridge, Whifflet, Calder St NW, Lanarkshire.

NGR:NS 73970 64010
WGS84:55.85277, -4.01477
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:Not recorded
Altitude:Not recorded
Geology:Scottish Middle Coal Measures Formation
Tags:Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Lost
Registry:second

Ironstone Pit (19th Century?).

Now buried in area of woodland.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Shown as 'Old Pit (Ironstone)' on 1864 OS 6" map. No pit feature shown on 1911 version. Shown beside railway line to neighbouring Calder Iron Works (built c.1795, later Garturk Brickworks by 1914, now demolished).

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