Drumchapel No.2 Pit

Essenside Avenue, Drumchapel, City of Glasgow (Dumbartonshire).

NGR:	NS 53021 70626
WGS84:	55.90623, -4.35271
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	174 m
Altitude:	26 m
Geology:	Upper Possil Ironstone, Possil Main Coal
Tags:	Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost
Registry:	second

Mine (Coal & Ironstone), c.1875-90.

Shaft, sunk to Possil Main Coal, now buried below open grassy parkland by SW corner of Essenside Ave. Modest-scale blackband ironstone workings (in Upper Possil) worked from a depth of 139m (see abandonment plan in refs for extent). Operated by William Dixon Ltd, who closed the mine in 1890.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Geol. Survey map of 1987 states UPI at 139m, & PM at 173.7m. The 1953 Ed. states 'Pit No.2 Drumchapel' with UPI & PM at 80 & 96 fms [146 & 176m], respectively.

Given coordinates derived from BGS GeoIndex.

Colliery Owners: Merry & Cunninghame (1875), J.M. & N. Robson (1880), W.S. Dixon & Co. (1885), Wm Dixon Ltd (1890).

Links and Resources:

Abandonment Plan (BGS, AP2530): Drumchapel No. 2 Pit B.B. Ironstone Workings - https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/data/miningPlans/plans.cfc?method=viewRecord&planID=16015&mineName=drumchapel&county=&mineral=&planType=&pageSize=20&start=0
Mindat.org: Drumchapel Colliery, Glasgow City - Link
BGS map (1:10,560 series), 1987. NS57SW (Solid) - View
BGS map, 1953 (revised 1938). Dunbartonshire NXXIII.SE - View
BGS GeoIndex ref: 255149 (Drumchapel No. 2 Pit)
MRA ref: 253670-001

This entry was last updated: 2026-03-02 13:28:36

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