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Gartnavel No.6 Pit

Balgray Playing Fields, Kelvindale, City of Glasgow (Lanarkshire).

NGR:NS 55636 68337
WGS84:55.88647, -4.30970
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:Not recorded
Altitude:28 m
Geology:Limestone Coal Formation - ironstone
Tags:Mine, Shaft, Archaeo, Lost
Registry:second

Mine (Ironstone), 19th Century.

Shaft site buried below playing fields. Mine (& neighbouring No.5 Pit) worked the Garibaldi and Blackband Ironstone in 1869. [Watson, S.]

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Given name & coordinates derived from BGS GeoIndex.

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This entry was last updated: 2026-01-14 16:25:23

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