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Monkcastle Mine [Air Mine]

Dalry, Pinnoch Point, Ayrshire.

NGR:NS 28150 48180
WGS84:55.69654, -4.73591
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:Not recorded
Altitude:Not recorded
Geology:Passage Formation - Douglas Fireclay Mbr
Tags:Mine, Adit, ManMade
Registry:second

Air mine marking the NW limit of the Monkcastle Mine complex.

See Site #3105 for main entry.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Recorded as adit and 'air mine' on MRA website (untreated). Absent from 19th Century and 1914 OS maps, but ventilator shaft marked on S bank of the Caaf Water on later National Grid map.

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This entry was last updated: 2025-07-17 11:45:25

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