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Braehead Colliery, Pit No. 2
Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Braehead Colliery, Pit No. 2
Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Fauldhouse Hill
Canmore ID 297481
Site Number NS96SW 63.01
NGR NS 91870 60527
NGR Description Centred NS 91870 60527
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/297481
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Whitburn
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
NS96SW 63.01 centred 91870 60527
The remains of Braehead Colliery, Pit No.2 have been identified on oblique aerial views situated on the SW side of the Fauldhouse Hills. Visible on the air photographs are the spoil heaps of the mines.
Braehead Colliery Pits Nos. 1 and 2 are first depicted on the Revision Edition of the OS 6-inch map (Linlithgowshire, 1921, sheet xiii), both of which are connected to the main railway system by mineral railways and a tramway. Pit No.2 had already been abandoned by the date of the Provisional Edition of the OS 25-inch map of 1939-1940.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), Janaury 2008
