Glengonnar Wood
Gold Mine(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glengonnar Wood
Classification Gold Mine(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 47432
Site Number NS92SW 24
NGR NS 9275 2227
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/47432
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Crawfordjohn
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS92SW 24 9275 2227.
(NS 92752227) Gold found (NAT)
OS 6" map (1957)
Gold was discovered some 280 yds W of Glengonnarfoot, on the N side of the Glengonnar Water, about 1843. Its value came to about $75. The mining has been discontinued.
Name Book 1858
In 1593, James VI granted Thomas Foulis a lease of the gold, silver and lead mines of Crawford Moor and Glengonnar for 21 years.
A Brook 1890
No further information was obtained from local enquiries.
Visited by OS (JD) 9 July 1955
Geophysical Survey (February 1990)
Detailed survey of several sites in the area prior to the M74 motorway.
