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Possil Burn Ironstone Pit [Ruchill]

Ruchill, Glasgow, Lanarkshire.

NGR:NS 58150 68850
WGS84:55.89182, -4.26981
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:Not recorded
Altitude:49 m
Geology:Limestone Coal Formation
Tags:Mine, Shaft, Archaeo, Lost
Registry:second

Ironstone mine (site of).

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Marked as Ironstone Pit beside Glasgow-Dumbarton Railway on OS 6" map. Absent from 2nd editions which indicates presence of extensive bing immediately south.

Current site within woodland beyond E end of Ruchill Park golf course.

Pre-dates the Lochburn Iron Works formerly located to the N of the pit (on N bank of the Forth & Clyde Canal).

8 fig. coordinates determined using OS geolocation tool (geological map).

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