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Muirkirk
Horse Engine Platform(S) (Post Medieval), Mine (Post Medieval), Shaft(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Muirkirk
Classification Horse Engine Platform(S) (Post Medieval), Mine (Post Medieval), Shaft(S) (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 76377
Site Number NS72NW 11.01
NGR NS 7020 2621
NGR Description From NS 6961 2593 to NS 7083 2671
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish Muirkirk
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumnock And Doon Valley
- Former County Ayrshire
Field Visit (February 1991 - November 1991)
NS72NW 11.01 7020 2621 (centred).
A total of 168 mine-shafts have been identified in the part of the mineral field that lies to the SE of the site of the Ironworks (NS62NE 17). These range from small bell-pits with a rim of spoil to mine-shafts with larger spoil dumps, many of which have been levelled to provide the material for the later tracks and tramways. During the course of the survey, the remains of 23 horse-engine platforms were recorded in this area.
Visited by RCAHMS (ARW, SPH), February-November 1991.
NMRS MS 731/6.
