Bothwell Castle Colliery, Pits No 3 And 4
Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bothwell Castle Colliery, Pits No 3 And 4
Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Priory Colliery
Canmore ID 132063
Site Number NS65NE 45
NGR NS 6862 5876
NGR Description Centred NS 686 588
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Blantyre (Hamilton)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Hamilton
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS65NE 45 6862 5876
BOTHWELL CASTLE Colliery 3 and 4 (also known as PRIORY Colliery)
Location: Blantyre
Previous Owners: Bairds & Scottish Steel Limited
Types of Coal: House, Steam, Manufacturing and Gas
Sinking/Production Commenced: 1889
Year Closed: 1959, but remained pumping for some time
Average Workforce: 345
Peak Workforce: 655
Peak Year: 1947
Shaft/Mine Details: 2 shafts, each 410m deep
Details in 1948: Output 550 tons per day, 165,000 tons per annum. 630 employees. 3 bar screens [mechanical device for separating different sizes of coal comprising a number of parallel inclined bars spaced at regular intervals allowing the coal to slide down the incline under gravity]. Bash-tank washer [coal preparation to separate coal from dirt whereby water is forced through coal using a plunger, perforated plate and tank]. Baths (1932), canteen. No medical services. All electricity self-generated. Report dated 16-08-1948.
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
