Whitehill No 3 And 4 Colliery
Colliery(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Whitehill No 3 And 4 Colliery
Classification Colliery(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 130803
Site Number NS51NW 9
NGR NS 5475 1766
NGR Description centred
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish Old Cumnock
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumnock And Doon Valley
- Former County Ayrshire
NS51NW 9 5475 1766 and 5469 1770
Site recorded during a desk-based and field inspection by CFA within the accessible areas of a proposed opencast coal extraction site.
NS 547 176 Disused mine workings
A report will be deposited in the NMRS. The advice and assistance of the Regional Archaeologist for Strathclyde Region is gratefully acknowledged.
Sponsor: Natural Resource Consultancy, Ayr.
W L Finlayson and D Alexander 1995.
This colliery is depicted on the 1:10560 scale Ordnance Survey map (Provisional Edition, 1958).
Information from RCAHMS (MMD), 20 August 1998.
(Location cited as centred at NS 5469 1770). WHITEHILL colliery (3 and 4)
Location: Skares
Previous Owners: Bairds & Dalmellington Limited
Types of Coal: House Steam
Sinking/Production Commenced: 1946
Year Closed: 1965
Average Workforce: 109
Peak Workforce: 140
Peak Year: 1957
Shaft/Mine Details: 2 surface mines, main mine dipping 1 in 6, and return mine 1 in 3
Details in 1948: Output 100 tons per day, 25,000 per annum, longwall working. 55 employees. 1 bar screen, washing at Whitehill 1/2 (NS51NW 6.00). Canteen and baths also at Whitehill 1/2 . Electricity, 100% from public supply. Report dated 09-08-1948.
Other Details: Skares Brickworks (NS51NW 6.01) was built adjacent to the mine, and utilised blaes [volatile mudstone/shale] from its bing.
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
