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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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/82208
- Council North Lanarkshire
- Parish Shotts (Monklands)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Monklands
- Former County Lanarkshire
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.
