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Bathgate Hills, Limestone Quarries

Limestone Quarry (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Bathgate Hills, Limestone Quarries

Classification Limestone Quarry (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Gala Braes; Ballencrieff Toll

Canmore ID 211765

Site Number NS97SE 110

NGR NS 9855 7055

NGR Description Centred NS 9855 7055

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council West Lothian
  • Parish Bathgate
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District West Lothian
  • Former County West Lothian

Archaeology Notes

NS97SE 110.00 centred 9855 7055

NS97SE 110.01 NS 9791 7017 and NS 9815 7019 Limekilns

NS97SE 110.02 NS 9782 7040 Limekilns

Extensive limestone quarries and associated limekilns (NS97SE 110.01 and NS97SE 110.02 ) are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Linlithgowshire, 1856, sheet 9) running in a northeasterly direction from Sunnyside Reservoir to just W of The Knock (NS 9840 7040 to NS 9895 7093). One limekiln is shown within the quarry at the NE end (NS c.9895 7090) and an unroofed building is at NS c.9841 7036.

The limestone quarries and limekilns are not noted in the Ordnance Survey Name Book.

Information from RCAHMS (IF), 1997.

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