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Garscube Colliery

Gilshochill, Maryhill, City of Glasgow (Lanarkshire).

Mines, 19th-20th Century (ironstone, later coal).

Surface mine to splint coal; two entrances (upcast & downcast). Old Level labelled on 1898 OS map.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Sinking commenced c.1850, closed 1966, abandoned 1967. Later pits and surface mine 'to splint coal' now buried below parkland beyond end of Cadder Road, Gilshochill. The original pits were located further west around Dawholm [see Garscube Colliery No.1 Pit (Site 8131)]

"Shaft/Mine Details: 2 earlier shafts, 27m (No. 2 NS 5720 6963, No. 3 NS 5724 6962), surface mine (NS 5727 6968). No. 1 (downcast) 1 in 4, 116m, brick and concrete reinforced circle girders, 10' x 8', direct rope haulage. No. 2 (upcast) same dimensions and construction as No. 1, but 110m and 1 in 3, balanced double-drum direct haulage." [Canmore]

Previous Owners: Summerlee Iron Company until 1897. Re-opened in 1916 by Messrs. Dron & Company until 1921. Thereafter, the Garscube Coal Company Limited.

Given coordinates are for the surface mine.