Highfield No.1 Pit - Scottish Cave and Mine Database Site Details

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Highfield No.1 Pit

NGR:	NS 31370 50040
WGS84:	55.71437, -4.68588
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	141 m
Altitude:	85 m
Geology:	Limestone Coal Formation
Tags:	Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost
Registry:	second

Shaft site situated within patch of woodland just E of Highfield Cottage, probably assumed covered/buried. Formerly substantial bing along S/SE side appears to have been landscaped. Significant ironstone workings underlying Kerslochmuir & Bellstane, and contiguous with workings from neighbouring pits (see abandonment plan).

Notes: Smithy Coal & Dalry Clayband Ironstone at 19 & 77 fms [35 & 141m], respectively.

Links and Resources:

Abandonment Plan (BGS, AP2598): Highfield Nos. 1 & 3. Plan Of No. 1 Pit Highfield, Clayband Ironstone. As Worked By Messrs. Merry & Cunningham, Ironmasters, Glasgow. - View
Geological Survey, 6" map, 1922. Ayrshire XI.NE - View
Scotland's People: RHP146000/14/3. Plan of Coal Board workings of Blackband Ironstone and Clayband Ironstone (NS 26/3050). Associated plans cover Highfield mine. 1954.
Scotland's People: RHP146000/14/1. Plan of Coal Board workings of Smithy Seam (NS 26/3050). Associated plans cover Highfield mine. 1954.
BGS GeoIndex ref: 27932

This entry was last updated: 2026-01-20 12:43:31

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