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West Longrigg
Colliery (19th Century)
Site Name West Longrigg
Classification Colliery (19th Century)
Canmore ID 85464
Site Number NS87SW 32
NGR NS 8316 7067
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/85464
- Council North Lanarkshire
- Parish New Monkland (Monklands)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Monklands
- Former County Lanarkshire
Field Visit (8 September 1992)
NS87SW 32 8316 7067
Situated to the S of the Slamannan Railway Line (NS87SW 47) about 250m W of Longrigg farmsteading, there is a coal mine consisting of a small conical bing, which is depicted, along with a roofed building to the NE, on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map (Lanarkshire 1899, sheet iii).
(CSW 4278)
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 8 September 1992
