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Kilbirnie No.17 Pit Kilbirnie No.28 Pit Kilbirnie No.22 Pit Kilbirnie No.23 Pit
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East Mains, Kilbirnie, Ayrshire.
| NGR: | NS 30700 53020 |
| WGS84: | 55.74088, -4.69838 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | 123 m |
| Altitude: | 54 m |
| Geology: | Dalry Blackband Ironstone |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost |
| Registry: | second |
Ironstone (& Coal?) Mine, 19th Century.
Now-buried 67 fathoms-deep shaft to extensive workings in Dalry Blackband Ironstone seam, contiguous with workings from No.31 pit at its E end where it partially undermines East Mains. See layout in abandonment plan (see refs). Shaft site now buried below rough grass / shrubland at S margin of extensive / overgrown bing structure.
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: Name / position determined using combination of abandonment plan and annotation on geol. map.
Given 8 fig. coordinates based on pit shaft location shown on Geological Survey 6" map (un-named).
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This entry was last updated: 2026-01-19 18:43:51
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