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Locksley Avenue, High Knightswood, City of Glasgow (Dumbartonshire).
| NGR: | NS 53295 69750 |
| WGS84: | 55.89845, -4.34785 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | 170 m |
| Altitude: | 19 m |
| Geology: | Coal, Clayband ironstone, Blackband Ironstone |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost |
| Registry: | second |
Mine (Ironstone & Coal), c.1860s.
Site of shaft to Garibaldi Clayband Ironstone, site now buried under front of residential grounds. Workings also in Upper Gascadden (blackband) Ironstone, and probably Knightswood Gas & Possil Main coals. Initially a coal pit, as labelled on 1860s OS map; possibly redeveloped / deepened for ironstone after a hiatus; colliery operated by William Napier (1854-1860), and Wilsons & Co. (1865-1866).
Alternative Names: Cowden Hill No.2 Pit
Notes: Possil Main at 64m, KW Gas at 92, U. Garscadden blackband at 143, & Garibaldi clayband at 170m. Cowden Hill Colliery (Maryhill) was in operation during 1866, although may have closed the same year. Given coordinates derived from BGS GeoIndex.
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