Tarbrax, Shale-oil Works, Village

Shaft (19th Century) - (20th Century), Shale Bing (19th Century) - (20th Century)

Site Name Tarbrax, Shale-oil Works, Village

Classification Shaft (19th Century) - (20th Century), Shale Bing (19th Century) - (20th Century)

Canmore ID 121967

Site Number NT05NW 10.04

NGR NT 0287 5571

NGR Description Centred NT 0287 5571

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/121967

Digital Images

SC 505343

Tarbrax Shale-Oil Works and Viewfield Shale Pit, oblique aerial view, taken from the E, showing the massive bing of the shale-oil mine in the centre of the photograph, between a tramway, on the left, and the Tarbrax Branch of the Caledonian Railway on the right. Viewfield shale-oil mine is visible in the top right-hand corner.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

8/2/1995

SC 659026

View showing shale bing

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Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

1965

SC 1731247

Tarbrax Shale-Oil Works, oblique aerial view, taken from the ENE, showing one of the massive shale bings associated with the shale-oil mine at the top of the photograph, with a tramway running alongside it to the left, and the Tarbrax Branch of the Caledonian Railway to the right. A second, smaller, shale bing overlies an area of rig in the bottom half.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

8/2/1995

SC 1730879

Tarbrax Shale-Oil Works, oblique aerial view, taken from the SSW, showing one massive shale bing of the shale-oil mine in the centre of the photograph, with the Tarbrax Branch of the Caledonian Railway curving around it. A further, smaller, shale bing overlies an area of rig in the top half, and the remains of an engine house and dam are visible in the centre right.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

8/2/1995

SC 1731229

Tarbrax Shale-Oil Works, oblique aerial view, taken from the ENE, showing the massive bing of the shale-oil mine in the top half of the photograph, between a tramway, on the left, and the Tarbrax Branch of the Caledonian Railway on the right. A further shale bing is visible in the bottom half, overlying an area of rig.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

8/2/1995

SC 1731230

Tarbrax Shale-Oil Works, oblique aerial view, taken from the NE, showing one massive bing of the shale-oil mine in the centre of the photograph, with a tramway running off into the top right-hand corner, and the Tarbrax Branch of the Caledonian Railway running alongside it. A further shale bing, and the ruins of an engine house and dam, are visible in the bottom half, overlying an area of rig.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

8/2/1995

SC 1731228

Tarbrax Shale-Oil Works, oblique aerial view, taken from the E, showing the massive bing of the shale-oil mine in the top right-hand corner of the photograph, between a tramway, on the left, and the Tarbrax Branch of the Caledonian Railway on the right. A further shale bing is visible in the bottom half, overlying an area of rig.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography

8/2/1995

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Administrative Areas

Council South Lanarkshire
Parish Carnwath
Former Region Strathclyde
Former District Clydesdale
Former County Lanarkshire

Archaeology Notes

NT05NW 10.04 Centred 0287 5571

An air shaft and small shale bing are situated E of the main shale-oil works at Tarbrax. Depicted on the OS 1:10000 map (1981) as a small square and a hachured mound. These represent an earlier phase of workings to that of the large bings immediately to the W.

Information from RCAHMS (DE) October 1997

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