Archaeology Notes

Event ID 728584

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NX37SE 12 3775 7288.

A lead mine abandoned for the second time in 1836 although its two shafts were still open in 1850. Locally known as 'Silver Mine'.

Name Book 1850.

Desk-based assessments and surveys were carried out between October and December 2002 at three metal mining sites in Galloway. [see NX56SW 2 and NX 59SW 1 also]

NX 377 728 Silver Rig Mine, N of Newton Stewart. Located within Glentrool Forest, this is a small 19th-century silver/lead mine with evidence of earlier opencast workings. The principal features are the upstanding remains of a water wheel pit, air and lifting shafts, an administrative building, and a lade water supply.

Report lodged with Dumfries and Galloway SMR and the NMRS.

Sponsors: HS, Dumfries and Galloway Council.

M Cressey and K Hicks 2003