Fauldhouse No.9 Pit

Fauldhouse Moor, NW of Fauldhouse, West Lothian.

NGR:	NS 92540 61740
WGS84:	55.83688, -3.71740
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	219 m
Altitude:	267 m
Geology:	Crofthead Slatyband Ironstone
Tags:	Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost
Registry:	second

Mine (Ironstone & Coal), 19th Century.

Extensive slateyband workings in conjunction with Pit No.8, with No.9 shaft (at given coordinates) being located at a relatively central point to the ironstone workings. From the No.9 shaft, the workings extended E for c.0.6 km (to a point just W of the Victoria Pit), and S for 0.3 km.

The shaft site is now buried below wasteland just N of a trackway.

Alternative Names: Fauldhouse Colliery No.9 Pit

Notes: Operated by William Dixon Ltd, and abandoned in 1879.

Abandonment Plan states depth of 120 fathoms (219.5 m) and a WNW dip of 1 in 18. The ironstone seam was 10" thick.

Given 8 fig. NGR coordinates derived using OS georef tool (considered accurate due to matching trackways).

Links and Resources:

Abandonment Plan (BGS, AP935): Plan Of The Nos. 8 & 9 Pits Fauldhouse Colliery Shewing The Workings In The Seam Locally Known As The Slateyband Ironstone Now Abandoned November 1878. Lessor: W.S. Dixon Esq.; Lessees: William Dixon (limited) - View
OS 25" map, 1897. Linlithgowshire XI.8 - View

This entry was last updated: 2025-10-07 14:17:09

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