Hilderstonhills, Coal Pit
Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Hilderstonhills, Coal Pit
Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Hilderston Hills; Hilltop House
Canmore ID 78133
Site Number NS97SE 98
NGR NS 9788 7164
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/78133
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Torphichen
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
NS97SE 98 9788 7164
For further coal pits in the vicinity see also NS97SE 92 and NS97SE 97
An 'Old Coal Pit' is depicted on the 1st edition of the 6-inch map (Linlithgowshire, 1856, sheet 5) some 100m NW of Hildertsonhills (Cottages).
"N of Hilderstone Quarry is a coal pit 58 fathoms in depth and communicate with a level by a tunneled roadway at the base of the hill. Although the pit has not been worked for some time owing to some misunderstanding between the proprietors, there is still abundance of coal to be obtained from it."
Ordnance Survey Name Book, 1856
Scheduled as 'Hilltop House... coal pit and associated spoil heap'.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 22 February 2005.
