Archaeology Notes
Date 1977
Event ID 698172
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/698172
NS04NW 16 003 457 to 008 451
Barytes was first mined at Sannox in 1840, and between 1853 and 1862 nearly 5,000 tons were produced, when the mine was closed. It was re-opened after the First World War, and by 1934 output had risen to 9,000 tons, but the vein petered out in 1938. Baryta mines.
Source: R McLellan 1970.
(Location cited as NS 007 463)> Barytes mine, Glen sannox, 19th century. The most interesting survival here is almost half an all-iron overshot wheel in its pit.
Source: J R Hume 1977.
The site of these mine workings is represented by a number of spoil heaps and ruined concrete buildings. Two disused mine shafts, now fenced off, are also visible.
Visited by OS December 1977.
