Drumoyne (Ironstone Pit) [1]

Drumoyne Road, Drumoyne, Govan, City of Glasgow (Lanarkshire).

NGR:	NS 54220 64845
WGS84:	55.85469, -4.33043
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	124 m
Altitude:	10 m
Geology:	Limestone Coal Formation - ironstone
Tags:	Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost
Registry:	second

Mine (Ironstone), pre-1870.

Shaft buried below road of industrial estate. The Johnstone Clayband was raised on the lands of Drumoyne up to 1882.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Geol. Survey states 14 & 68 fms [26 & 124m] to Lower Garscadden & Johnstone blackband ironstones, respectively (although 1870 Ed states 68 fms to [Garibaldi?] clayband ironstone).

Absent from OS maps.

Links and Resources:

Geological Survey 25" map, 1909. Lanarkshire VI.SW - View
Macgregor, M, Lee, G W, and Wilson, G V. 1920. Special Report on the Mineral Resources of Great Britain: The Iron Ores of Scotland. Memoir of the Geological Survey, Scotland, p.72
BGS GeoIndex ref: 131270 (Drumoyne Ironstone Pit)
MRA ref: 254664-007

This entry was last updated: 2026-03-02 11:10:48

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