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Blantyre Park [Ironstone Pit] Craigmuir No.1 Pit Blantyre Park [Ironstone Pit] (II)
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Newhouse, Blantyre, Lanarkshire.
| NGR: | NS 67587 55802 |
| WGS84: | 55.77736, -4.11266 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | 48 m |
| Altitude: | 146 m |
| Geology: | Limestone Coal Formation - ironstone |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost |
| Registry: | second |
Mine (Ironstone), late 19th Century.
Shaft site occupied by wooded area opposite crematorium. A 26 fathoms [47.5m] deep shaft accessed the NE extremity of a small-scale area of longwall workings in clayband ironstone, which were connected to those of the Craigmuir No.1 Pit [site #9433] by way of a short roadway at the mine's NW end. See abandonment plan (AP1917) for detailed layout, which indicates that Ralph Moore (of Glasgow) was the mine owner at the time of abandonment in 1886.
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: Surface features absent on 1864 map, but large bing depicted beside shaft site on 1897 ed.
Given coordinates derived from BGS GeoIndex. Given name is generic, based on proximity to Newhouse.
Hydrographic Feeds: None
Hydrographic Resurgences: None
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This entry was last updated: 2026-07-03 12:59:05
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