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Peep O'Day No.1 Pit Faskine No.6 Pit Peep O'Day No.3 Pit Calderbank Fireclay Mine
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Calderbank, Airdrie, Lanarkshire.
| NGR: | NS 77060 63370 |
| WGS84: | 55.84782, -3.96516 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | 91 m |
| Altitude: | 125 m |
| Geology: | Airdrie Blackbank Ironstone, Kiltongue Coal |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost |
| Registry: | second |
Mine (Ironstone & Coal), mid-19th Century.
Abandonment plan (see refs) shows N-S trending blackband ironstone workings from approx [NS 7698 6359] to [NS 7705 6321]. Dates on AP show years 1862-64. Level drawing roads (subsurface) linked the ironstone workings to Faskine No.6 Pit. Shaft site now occupied by woodland.
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: Given 8 fig. NGR based on pit location shown on AP, beside former kink in road (visible on 19th Cent. OS maps). BGS GeoIndex lists location as [NS 77053 63441].
Marked as 'Coal & Ironstone Pit' on 1864 OS map. Geol. Survey map states Kiltongue Coal at 50 fms [91m]; Kiltongue Coal occurs deeper than ironstone seams.
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