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Great Western Road, High Knightswood, City of Glasgow (Dumbartonshire).
| NGR: | NS 53295 69927 |
| WGS84: | 55.90004, -4.34795 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | 179 m |
| Altitude: | 19 m |
| Geology: | Ironstone, Coal |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost |
| Registry: | second |
Mine (Ironstone & Coal), late 19th c.
Shaft buried below garden of residence. Sunk to clayband Ironstone, but worked coal (Possil Main / Knightswood Gas) & possibly also blackband ironstone (encountered at 62m).
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: Geol. Survey map states 98 fms [179] to Garibaldi Ironstone. Given coordinates derived from BGS GeoIndex.
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