Monkland No.4 Pit

Craigneuk, Airdrie, Lanarkshire.

NGR:	NS 77242 64626
WGS84:	55.85914, -3.96282
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	66 m
Altitude:	137 m
Geology:	Coal, Ironstone
Tags:	Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost
Registry:	second

Mine (Coal, & Ironstone?), 19th & early-20th c.

Shaft sunk to coal, now buried under industrial yard. Probably an early/mid-19th c. coal mine (abandoned pre-1859) established alongside a mineral railway, later reopened as part of the Monkland Colliery that operated until c.1920.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Labelled as 'Old Coal Pit' on 1864 map, and 'Monkland Colliery Pit No.4' on 1898 ed.

BGS map states Spint Coal, Airdrie Blackband Ironstone, & Virtuewell Coal at 10, 24 & 36 fms, respectively.

Links and Resources:

Durham Mining Museum website: Monkland Colliery - Link
OS 25" map, 1898. Lanarkshire VIII.SW - View
OS 6" map, 1864 (surveyed 1859). Lanarkshire VIII - View
Geological Survey map, 1914. Lanarkshire VIII.SW - View
BGS GeoIndex ref: 262064 (Monkland Colliery, Pit No. 4)

This entry was last updated: 2026-03-05 09:45:09

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