Tours
Lead Mine (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Tours
Classification Lead Mine (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Howburn
Canmore ID 48955
Site Number NT04SE 44
NGR NT 07523 45039
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/48955
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Walston
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NT04SE 44 c. 075 449
Possible trial holes dug for lead in the time of James V on a hill above Howburn, at a point called 'The Tours'. ('Tours' on OS 6" at NT 075 449).
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845
No trace of these holes was found during investigation (but see also NT04NE 15).
Visited by OS (JD) 13 June 1955.
