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Gartnavel No.7 Pit

Dorchester Avenue, Kelvindale, City of Glasgow (Lanarkshire).

NGR:NS 55443 68940
WGS84:55.89183, -4.31310
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:Not recorded
Altitude:36 m
Geology:Limestone Coal Formation - ironstone
Tags:Mine, Shaft, Archaeo, Lost
Registry:second

Mine (Ironstone, & Coal?). Post 1858 / pre-1870.

Shaft site now buried below residential grounds.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Labelled as Ironstone Pit on 1870 Geol. Survey map (states 55 fms [100m] to coal).

Absent from 1864 6" OS map (surveyed 1858).

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This entry was last updated: 2026-01-14 16:09:18

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