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Jordanhill No.11 Pit

Milner Road, Jordanhill, City of Glasgow (Renfrewshire).

Ironstone pit (19th Century), site of.

Modest-scale complex mined using the longwall method exists almost entirely W of Crow Rd & was divided into two primary segments (N & S), with the shaft centrally located between them:

Southern Block: Measured c.180m from pit shaft to southern extremity at ~[NS 5458 6794], and c.450m from WSW-ENE (AP shows survey dates of 1867-69). Northern Block: c.350 from E-W extremities with northern margin c.170m N of shaft (AP shows survey date of 1873).

Shaft now buried below residential back garden of Milner Road.

Alternative Names: Woodend No. 1 Pit, Claythorn Ironstone Pit

Notes: 'Ironstone Pit' marked on 1865 OS 6" map. AP shows name of 'No.11 Pit'.

Geological survey notes 36 fathoms [66m] to Garibaldi (Clayband) Ironstone seam. 20 fms [36.5m] to U. Garscube (Blackband) Ironstone. Given length approx. based on AP, which probably only represents one of the two 'levels'.

An 'Old Pit' marked at the E end of the southern block was located at [NS 5468 6807] (remnants shown on 1865 6" map). Shaft latterly within the grounds of Woodend Brickfield:

"Although this area had once belonged to the Jordanhill Estate it had been sold to the Oswalds of Scotstoun and there was also an abandoned ironstone pit within the brickworks boundary. The presence of that pit meant that there was also a ready supply of bing material for brickmaking. The works produced around 2 million bricks per annum and many of them were used to build the houses on the east side of Crow Road... The Woodend Brickfield supplied building bricks for a series of cottages on Crow Road, built c.1885 for Scotstoun Estate." [SBH]

Hydrographic Feeds: None

Hydrographic Resurgences: None