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Straiton No.4 Mine Clippens Pit Straiton Oil Works No.3 Pit Straiton Limestone Mine
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Straiton, Loanhead, Midlothian.
| NGR: | NT 27280 66500 |
| WGS84: | 55.88613, -3.16414 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 147 m |
| Geology: | Dunnet Shale |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost |
| Registry: | second |
Mine (Shale), late 19th Century.
Associated with Straiton Oil Works, shaft site now buried below margin of Straiton Park Lane.
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: "... the site was operated by the Straiton Oil Company between 1877 and 1882, and then became the property of the Clippens Oil Company... Under ownership of the Clippens Oil Company Straiton Oil Works and Refinery were worked in association with the adjacent Pentland Oil Works. Oil production was suspended in 1897 as the consequence of a long and complex legal case with the Edinburgh and District Water Trust which was not concluded until 1907. By that time the works had fallen derelict and never returned to production." [Scottish Shale]
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