Carwinning Hill
Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Copper Mine (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Carwinning Hill
Classification Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Copper Mine (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 169848
Site Number NS25SE 25
NGR NS 2885 5270
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/169848
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Dalry (Cunninghame)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Ayrshire
NS25SE 25 2885 5280
Two unroofed buildings each annotated Ruin, one of which is adjacent to a Pit which may be the workings of the Old Copper Mine marked on Carwinning Hill, are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ayrshire 1858, sheet vii), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1992).
Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 10 April 2000
(Location cited as NS282 539) Carswinning Copper Mine: This mine is 3 miles NNW of Dalry and was strated by Welsh Miners before 1890.
Grampian Speleological Group 2008.
The Carswinning Copper Mine is named and depicted as 'Old Mine (Copper)' on the 2nd edition of the Ordnance Survey 25-inch map (Ayrshire, 1897).
Information from RCAHMS (MMD) 7 August 2008.
Note (7 August 2008)
The Carswinning Copper Mine is named and depicted as 'Old Mine (Copper)' on the 2nd edition of the Ordnance Survey 25-inch map (Ayrshire, 1897).
Information from RCAHMS (MMD) 7 August 2008.
Reference (2008)
(Location cited as NS282 539) Carswinning Copper Mine: This mine is 3 miles NNW of Dalry and was strated by Welsh Miners before 1890.
Grampian Speleological Group 2008.
