Handaxwood No.4 Pit

Leven Seat, Gladsmuir Hills, S of Fauldhouse, Midlothian (West Lothian).

NGR:	NS 93960 58290
WGS84:	55.80621, -3.69339
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	15 m
Altitude:	286 m
Geology:	Curdly Ironstone
Tags:	Mine, Quarry, Shaft, Tunnel, ManMade, Archaeo
Registry:	second

Mine (Ironstone), 19th Century.

Workings contiguous with those of pits 1, 2 & 3. Operated and abandoned (in 1873) by William Dixon Ltd. Shaft site now within plantation area (probably buried).

Area to NE of shaft is contiguous with old waste, probably from the older shallow ironstone pits to the E (labelled as "old pits 4 or 5 fms to Cur" [Curdly Ironstone] at ca. [NS 9413 5833] on geological survey map.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Workings shown as 'old waste workings' (i.e. probably collapsed) on No.5 abandonment plan. Curdley Ironstone seam 4-8 inch-thick.

Geol. Survey map states: "No.4 8 fms to Cur." [15 m to Curdly Ironstone]. Refuse heap depicted on 1895 OS map, and any features absent from 1853 Ed. (surveyed 1852). Old pits to E.

Links and Resources:

Abandonment Plan (BGS, AP167): Handaxwood Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 4 - View
Abandonment Plan (BGS, AP3842): Handaxwood Nos. 1 To 5 - View
Scottish Shale: Handaxwood No.4 pit - Link
Geological Survey map, 1922. Lanarkshire XIV.SW - View
OS 6" map, 1895 (surveyed 1893). Edinburghshire X.SW - View

This entry was last updated: 2026-01-13 21:09:16

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