Skaterigg No.14 Pit

Great Western Road, Anniesland, City of Glasgow (Renfrewshire).

NGR:	NS 54406 68894
WGS84:	55.89110, -4.32964
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	146 m
Altitude:	20 m
Geology:	Limestone Coal Formation
Tags:	Mine, Shaft, Archaeo, Lost
Registry:	second

Mine (Ironstone), 19th Century.

Shaft site now buried at N end of garages behind tenements of GWR. Workings are contiguous with those from Skaterigg No.15 (blackband seam), & from Jordanhill No.8 to the west (& SE extremities of No.6 Pit to the S).

Alternative Names: Anniesland Pit No.14

Notes: Geol. survey notes name of No.14, and 70 fms to Upper Blackband Ironstone, and 80 fms [146 m] to Garibaldi ironstone. Skillen (1983) notes name of Skaterigg No.14.

"When workmen were driving a connection from the Greenlea Pit to Skaterigg No.14 they ran into old workings, dating from the 1700s. The rooms were 18 feet wide, with stoops 12 feet between by some 36 feet in length, the coal seam was 2 feet 2 inches thick." [Skillen, 1983]

Coordinates derived from BGS GeoIndex.

Links and Resources:

Abandonment Plan (BGS, AP14757.4): Skaterigg Nos. 14 & 15 (Skaterig No. 15 Pit Black-Band Ironstone) - View
Abandonment Plan (BGS, AP2775): Jordanhill. Plan Of The Lands Of Jordanhill Shewing The Ironstone Workings Therein. - View
Geological survey sheet, 1910. Lanarkshire Sheet VI.NW - View
Skillen, B. 1983. The Jordanhill Coal Pits, Glasgow. British Mining No.23, NMRS. p. 29-33.
BGS GeoIndex ref: 31927 (Anniesland Pit No 14)
MRA ref: 254668-006

This entry was last updated: 2026-02-26 11:05:08

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