Walstone Muir
Colliery(S) (19th Century)-(20th Century), Shaft(S) (19th Century)-(20th Century), Subsidence Pit(S) (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Site Name Walstone Muir
Classification Colliery(S) (19th Century)-(20th Century), Shaft(S) (19th Century)-(20th Century), Subsidence Pit(S) (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Canmore ID 80534
Site Number NT15NE 51
NGR NT 1889 5753
NGR Description Centred NT 1889 5753
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/80534
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Penicuik (Midlothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT15NE 51.00 Centred 1889 5753
NT15NE 51.01 NT 1889 5753 Coal Mine
NT15NE 51.02 NT 1855 5728 Coal Mine; Shafts; Subsidence pits
There are two groups of coal workings, including shafts, subsidence
pits and spoil heaps spread along the S part of Walstone Muir which overlooks the River North Esk. The main group consists of seven shafts, one of which is adjacent to a small spoil heap.
That at NT 1886 5764 has been deliberately filled in and all that remains is an area of grey earth and rubble.
250m SW, is a second group of shafts with several subsidence pits. The shafts are depicted on the OS 1:10,560 map, (1968).
Both groups of mines and shafts are connected by a built track which runs across the moor ultimately running beneath a house and E to the small mine at NT 1935 5777 (NT15NE 53).
Visited by RCAHMS (DE) 18 September 1994.