Flemington (No.1 Pit)

Hatfield Drive, Claythorn, City of Glasgow (Lanarkshire).

NGR:	NS 55285 68264
WGS84:	55.88571, -4.31526
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	53 m
Altitude:	34 m
Geology:	Limestone Coal Formation
Tags:	Mine, Shaft, Archaeo, Lost
Registry:	second

Mine (Ironstone & Coal), 19th Century.

Shaft site buried below garden of Hatfield Drive residence. Pre-dates 1870.

Alternative Names: Clyde Iron Co. No.2 Pit

Notes: Ironstone worked in 1872 (both Blackband Ironstone and Garibaldi Claystone Ironstone). Coals of the Gas Coal and Main Coal seams were also worked.

Marked as 'No 1 Pit' on geol. survey map. 1870 Ed. states 1 1/2" coal at 29 fms [53m], & Garscadden Blackband Ironstone 15 1/2 fms.

Given coordinates derived from BGS GeoIndex.

Links and Resources:

Geological Survey 6" map, 1870. Lanarkshire VI - View
Watson, S. et al. 2019. Digging deeper: The influence of historical mining on Glasgow's subsurface thermal state to inform geothermal research. SJG. Vol. 55. 2019. pp. 107-123
Geological survey sheet, Lanarkshire Sheet VI - View
BGS GeoIndex ref: 253279
MRA ref: 255668-013

This entry was last updated: 2026-01-14 17:38:15

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