Bulmer Moss
Gold Workings (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bulmer Moss
Classification Gold Workings (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Long Cleuch
Canmore ID 47317
Site Number NS91NW 1
NGR NS 911 177
NGR Description centred NS 911 177
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Crawford
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS91NW 1 911 177.
(Area NS 911 177) Gold formerly wrought here (NAT)
OS 6" map (1912)
Gold was worked in the Leadhills area during the 16th century. For general particulars see Lanark 49 NE.1
Information from OS Recorder 4 January 1955
NS 911 177 Area of alluvial mining for gold-bearing gravels comprising two parallel linear spoil mounds and a single circular mound. A shallow bench on the N side of the burn marks the extent of extraction.
J Pickin 2000
