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Cairneyhead Cottage
Colliery (20th Century)(Possible), Structure (20th Century)
Site Name Cairneyhead Cottage
Classification Colliery (20th Century)(Possible), Structure (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Cairneyhill
Canmore ID 86027
Site Number NS85NE 62.01
NGR NS 89004 59365
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/86027
- Council North Lanarkshire
- Parish Cambusnethan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Motherwell
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS85NE 62.01 8902 5939
The 1921 revision of the OS 6-inch map (Lanarkshire, sheet xiii) depicts a roofless rectangular structure about 25m S of the spoil tip NS85NE 62.00. No remains can be identified, and it may have formed the mine buildings associated with the tip.
(CSW 3423)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, IF), 27 February 1995.
MS/731/11
