Thrushbush No.2 Pit

Airdrie, Holehills Drive, Lanarkshire.

NGR:	NS 76504 66804
WGS84:	55.87851, -3.97560
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	69 m
Altitude:	168 m
Geology:	Blackband ironstone
Tags:	Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost
Registry:	second

Ironstone Pit, 19th c.

Shaft was at least 69 m deep, but now buried below private garden within residential area.

Alternative Names: Holehills Pit

Notes: Shown as 'Old Pit (Ironstone)' with limekiln on 1864 OS 6" map.

Named as Thrushbush No.2 Pit on abandonment plan (in refs). Given coordinates based on BGS GeoIndex & pit shaft location shown on Geological Survey 6" map (marked as 'Holehills Pit'). Noted as 38 fathoms [69 m] to Blackband Ironstone seam (probably the Airdrie BB.I.).

Two additional (coal?) mines noted c.150 m to E, and another c.160m to N.

Links and Resources:

Abandonment Plan (BGS, AP14726): Holehills. Plan Of Part Of Holehill Ironstone Workings. - View
Geological Survey, 6" map, 2nd or later editions (1850s-1940s) - View
OS 6" maps, 1864. Lanarkshire Sheet VIII - View
BGS GeoIndex ref: 21789 (Holehills Ironstone Pit)

This entry was last updated: 2026-03-04 08:22:43

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