Waterside, Mineral Railway
Railway (19th Century)
Site Name Waterside, Mineral Railway
Classification Railway (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lethan Hill; Lethanhill; Dalmellington, Waterside Ironworks Complex; Rough Burn; Benquhat Village
Canmore ID 245032
Site Number NS40NE 106
NGR NS 4665 0916
NGR Description NS 4665 0916 to NS 4485 0998
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/245032
- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish Dalmellington
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumnock And Doon Valley
- Former County Ayrshire
NS40NE 106 4665 0916 to 4485 0998
See also NS40NE 20.
Extends onto map sheet NS40NW.
See also NS40NW 43 and NS40NW 59 -61, NS40NE 23 and NS40NE 104 -5, and NS41SW 61-2.
Scheduled as part of Waterside, miners' villages and mineral railways. This monument comprises the remains of the former mining villages of Benquhat, Corbie Craigs and Lethanhill, together with a network of tracks marking the site of former mineral railways and bings marking the sites of former ironstone pits and adjacent shaft, all associated with the Dalmellington Ironworks [Dalmellington, Waterside Ironworks: NS40NW 15.00].
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 15 November 1999.
