Faskine No.8 Pit

Airdrie, Faskine, Lanarkshire.

NGR:	NS 75925 63275
WGS84:	55.84667, -3.98323
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	219 m
Altitude:	86 m
Geology:	Airdrie Blackband Ironstone, Kiltongue Coal
Tags:	Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost
Registry:	second

Mine (Ironstone & Coal), mid 19th c.

Shaft site now occupied in woodland N of canal. Level drawing roads extended to S beneath canal to workings on lands on S side of the Calder Water (contiguous with those reached from Faskine No.6 Pit & showing survey dates from 1861-62). See abandonment plan in refs.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: See 'Palacecraig Ironstone Mine' (site #7644) for background details.

Shown as 'Ironstone Pit' on 1864 6" OS map, & 'Faskine No.8 Pit' on AP for Woodhall Estate. Geol. Survey map states Airdrie Blackband Ironstone & Kiltongue Coal at 89 & 120 fms, respectively [163 & 219m]. Given coordinates derived from BGS GeoIndex.

Links and Resources:

Palacecraig Ironstone Mine
Abandonment Plan (BGS, AP12417.1): Woodhall Estate. Plan Of The Black-Band Ironstone Workings In Part Of Woodhall Estate. - View
OS 6" maps, 1864. Lanarkshire Sheet VIII. - View
Geological Survey map, 1914. Lanarkshire VIII.SW.
BGS GeoIndex ref: 21781 (Faskine Ironstone Pit)

This entry was last updated: 2026-03-06 21:29:14

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