Auchencat Burn
Copper Mine (18th Century) - (19th Century)
Site Name Auchencat Burn
Classification Copper Mine (18th Century) - (19th Century)
Canmore ID 85687
Site Number NT01SE 48
NGR NT 0898 1103
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/85687
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Moffat
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Field Visit (6 December 1993)
NT01SE 48 0898 1103
Old Mine [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1991.
This drift mine lies on the S side of the Auchencat Burn, and is noted as an 'Old Copper Mine' on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Dumfriesshire, sheet ix, 1861).
The mine was discharging water on the date of visit, but two rock-cut passages could be seen from the entrance; one runs SE, straight into the hillside, the other branches at the entrance and curves towards the NE.
Visited by RCAHMS (ARW), 6 December 1993.
Listed as copper mine.
RCAHMS 1997.
Note (2008)
(Location cited as NT089110) Auchencat Burn Copper Mine, Moffat: The Grampain Speleological Group note that this mine has 105.0m of passages. The mine is flooded beyond this extent.
Grampian Speleological Group (2008).
