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Drumbathie [No.2 Shaft]

Airdrie, Drumbathie, Lanarkshire.

NGR:NS 77085 65769
WGS84:55.86936, -3.96584
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:188 m
Altitude:163 m
Geology:Scottish Middle Coal Measures Formation
Tags:Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Lost
Registry:second

Ironstone Pit (19th Century).

Buried below residential car park beside Drumbathie Rd, treated in 1995. Shaft at least 103 fathoms (188 m) deep.

Alternative Names: No 2 Shaft

Notes: Given coordinates based on pit shaft location shown on Geological Survey 6" map, labelled as 'No2'. 103 fathoms to Blackband Ironstone seam.

Marked as 'Ironstone Pit' on 1864 OS 6" map.

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