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Duddingston No.1 Mine

Duddingston, Newton, W of Queensferry, West Lothian.

Mine (Oil Shale), 1900-41. Adit site now buried & returned to agriculture.

"Mines [No.1 & No.2] driven to exploit the Camps and Dunnet Shales beneath the Hopetoun Estate, linked to Niddry Castle Crude Oil Works by electric tramway. Duddingston was the first completely electrified mine in the Scottish shale oil industry. Mapped by the Ordnance Survey of c.1917, showing Duddingston No. 1 in production." [Scottish Shale]

Adit site is relatively central to extensively worked area that underlies Duddingston Farm, the northern part of Duddingston Wood, easternmost Deer Park, & coastal woodland beside Society Point.

Alternative Names: Duddingstone Shale Mine No. 1

Notes: Given length is approx. straight-line distance between northernmost & southernmost points of the Dunnet Shale workings at ~[NT 1006 7884] & ~[NT 1002 7710], respectively.

Given coordinates derived from BGS GeoIndex.