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Crossgreen Mine No.1

Upper Uphall, Broxburn, West Lothian.

Mine (Oil Shale) c.1885-1910.

"Inclined shafts. Serving Broxburn Oil Works. The Crossgreen Mines - sometimes referred to as the Binny Mines - lay at the centre of a shallow anticline. Adits were driven to the south at a gradient of 1 in 3.9 and the south east at a gradient of 1 in 2.3 from Crossgreen No. 1, to the north at a gradient of 1 in 4 from Crossgreen No. 2 and to the north west at a gradient of 1 in 2 from Crossgreen No. 3. Haulages conveyed the output of all of these mines to Crossgreen, where shale was loaded onto standard gauge wagons for transport to Broxburn." [Scottish Shale]

Given approx. length is distance of composite mine complex (including workings from Forkneuk Shale Pit) from NE & SW extremities at ~[NT 0540 7279] and ~[NT 0512 7139], respectively.

Alternative Names: Crossgreen Shale Mine, Binny Mine No.1

Notes: Bing evident at site of No.1 adit, with area of subsidence to the S.

Given coordinates derived from BGS GeoIndex.