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Burdiehouse Limestone Mine Mortonhall No.9 Mine Straiton Mines (No.1 & No.2)
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Lime Grove, Burdiehouse, City of Edinburgh.
| NGR: | NT 27970 67260 |
| WGS84: | 55.89306, -3.15331 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | Not recorded |
| Geology: | Dunnet Shale |
| Tags: | Mine, Adit, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost |
| Registry: | second |
Mine (Shale), 19th Century.
Marked as 'Mortonhall Pit' with shaft on OS 2nd Ed, possibly with tramline entering adit mouth to NE?. Shaft site now buried below grassland in the Lime Grove residential area.
"Inclined adit. Serving Pentland Paraffin Oil Works. The most northerly mine working the Straiton shale-field, located adjacent to the mines and quarries of the Burdiehouse Lime Works." [Scottish Shale]
Alternative Names: Mortonhall Pit
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This entry was last updated: 2025-07-26 11:00:25
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