Bellsdyke No.4 Pit

Hillfoot Road, Gartlea, Airdrie, Lanarkshire.

NGR:	NS 76468 64500
WGS84:	55.85781, -3.97512
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	99 m
Altitude:	136 m
Geology:	Airdrie Blackband Ironstone
Tags:	Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost
Registry:	second

Mine (Ironstone & Coal), late 19th c.

Shaft buried below area of open grassland in residential area. Colliery site formerly at SE end of mineral railway (Bellsdyke Branch of the Monkland Line), depicted on 1898 OS map. Bellsdyke No.5 Pit was located c.80m further NE at ~[NS 76533 64544].

Alternative Names: Bells Dyke No.4 Pit

Notes: Geol. Survey map states: "A.B.B at 54 fms" [99m]. Sunk post 1859, operational in 1897. Given coordinates derived from BGS GeoIndex.

Links and Resources:

OS 25" map, 1898 (revised 1897). Lanarkshire VIII.10 - View
Geological Survey map, 1914. Lanarkshire VIII.SW - View
Mindat.org: Bells Dyke Pit No.4 Colliery, North Lanarkshire - View
BGS GeoIndex ref: 214749 (Bellsdyke Colliery Pits Nos. 4 & 5)
MRA ref: 276664-010

This entry was last updated: 2026-03-04 10:06:36

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