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Palacecraig No.5 Pit Palacecraig No.7 Pit Palacecraig No.4 Pit Faskine No.8 Pit Palacecraig Ironstone Mine
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Palacecraig, Airdrie, Lanarkshire.
| NGR: | NS 75474 63220 |
| WGS84: | 55.84606, -3.99040 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | 183 m |
| Altitude: | 86 m |
| Geology: | Palacecraig Blackband Ironstone, Splint Coal |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost |
| Registry: | second |
Mine (Ironstone & Coal), mid 19th c.
No.6 shaft, now buried under shrubland on N bank of Monkland Canal, accessed dook drawing roads which extended S to ironstone workings on S of the Calder Water (survey dates from 1859-60, see abandonment plan in refs). Palacecraig No.3 Pit was an adjacent but separate shaft to the W, sunk to the Splint Coal.
Alternative Names: Palacecraig No.3 Pit, Palacecraig No.6 Pit
Notes: Shown as Palacecraig Colliery on 1864 OS map (colliery demolished on 1898 ed). Geological Survey map of 1914 states: No.3 Pal at 236' SP at 100 fms [Palacecraig Blackband Ironstone at 72m / Splint Coal at 183m]. Given coordinates derived from BGS GeoIndex. Pit names taken from BGS map of 1988 & Woodhall Estate AP.
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This entry was last updated: 2026-03-06 22:25:38
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