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Fairybank

Mine (19th Century)

Site Name Fairybank

Classification Mine (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Shotts Burn; Bothwellshields

Canmore ID 82208

Site Number NS86SW 32

NGR NS 8008 6268

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council North Lanarkshire
  • Parish Shotts (Monklands)
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Monklands
  • Former County Lanarkshire

Activities

Field Visit (2 July 1992)

NS86SW 32 8008 6268

The remains of a mine survive on the S bank of the Shotts Burn, about 600m WSW of Bothwellshields farmsteading. The visible remains comprise a bing, a brick-built magazine and two adits cut into an exposed rock face. Part of the bing has been dug away.

(CSW 4215)

Visited by RCAHMS (SDB), 2 July 1992.

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