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Birkhill Fireclay Mine

551 1/4/9/583

Description Birkhill Fireclay Mine

Date 2007

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number 551 1/4/9/583

Category All Other

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1512685

Collection Hierarchy - Sub-Group Level

Preview Category Catalogue Number Title Date Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 028326 Interior. Mine No.3 underground entrance adit. Props can se seen in the background. 5/7/2007 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 028327 Interior. Mine No 3. Detail of fossilised tree in ceiling of adit. 5/7/2007 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 028328 Interior. Mine No 3. View of museum exhibit with wagon and partial rail layout. 5/7/2007 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 028329 Interior. Mine No 3. View of lateral chamber from main adit partially blocked to force ventilation currents through the underground adits.. 5/7/2007 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 028330 Interior. Mine No 3. Original cast iron rotor blade for ventilation equipment. The ventilation shaft is off to the right of the picture. 5/7/2007 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 028331 Interior. Mine No 3. Ventilation shaft (NS96384 79156). Cast iron original rotor blade on the left of the image. 5/7/2007 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 028332 Interior. Mine No 3. View of undergound chamber where the fire clay has been mined. On the table is an array of fossilised plant material that can be handled by vistors to the mine. 5/7/2007 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 028333 Interior. Mine No 3. View of ceiling of chamber showing perciussion marks where the explosives have blown depressions into the fireclay. 5/7/2007 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 028335 Interior. Mine No 3. Black banding in freclay. This material is hard and becomes run of mine material which is dumped as waste. 5/7/2007 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 028336 Incline Plane. View of an example incline plane guide roller at NS9636 7906. The inlcine plane then approaches No 3 Mine and crosses the River Avon. 5/7/2007 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 028337 Incline Plane. View as it descends towards Mine No 3 and the bridge which crosses the River Avon. 5/7/2007 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 028338 Incline Plane. View from bridge over River Avon looking SW towards entrance of Mine No 3. 5/7/2007 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 028339 Incline Plane. View looking N of haulage rope-guide capstans at NS 9635 7906. 5/7/2007 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 028341 Incline Plane. Detail view haulage rope-guide capstans at NS 9635 7906. 5/7/2007 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 028342 Incline Plane. Bridge (centred at NS9634 7905) carrying inline over River Avon towards Mine No 3. 5/7/2007 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 028343 Incline Plane. Example of the remains of the underground Safety Bell alarm system which ran alongside the Incline Plane and upto the main Mine Surface Buildings. 5/7/2007 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 028344 Incline Plane looking S towards the main Mine Surface Buildings. 5/7/2007 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 028345 Mine No 1 entrance to adit to N side of incline plane at NS 96418 79039 5/7/2007 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 028347 Mine Surface Buildings. Distribution. Incline Plane looking N. The obstruction in the foreground does nopt appear to function as a safety mechanism for stopping run away haulage wagons. The rail has been re-laid and is not in its original position according to the site manager on the date of visit. 5/7/2007 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 028348 View looking SE of former Manager's Cottage (foreground) and former Blacksmith's cottage (background). Now private dwelling. 5/7/2007 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 028349 View looking W of original signal box, now part of private dwelling. 5/7/2007 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 028350 View looking W of possible magazine, although the proximity to other buildings suggests that it may not have been used for that function. 5/7/2007 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 028351 View looking S of former Mine Manager's Cottage. 5/7/2007 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 028352 View of Signal Box (now private residence). 5/7/2007 Item Level

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