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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 728584
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/728584
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
