Pool Ness
Lead Mine (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Pool Ness
Classification Lead Mine (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Upper Rusko; Big Water Of Fleet
Canmore ID 88541
Site Number NX56SE 32
NGR NX 5654 6236
NGR Description NX 56540 62359 and NX 56519 62293
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/88541
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Girthon
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
Field Visit (23 March 1994)
NX56SE 32 56540 62359 and 56519 62293
There are two levels driven into the W side of the valley of the Big Water of Fleet. The N mine (Cree94 219, NX 56540 62359) runs in from the W bank of Pool Ness as a rock-cut water-filled passage. The other mine (Cree94 218, NX 56519 62293) is visible as a collapsed level running into the back of a terrace about 55m from the W bank of the Big Water of Fleet, with a dump of spoil at the ENE end.
There is a tradition that lead ore has been extracted from the W side of the Big Water of Fleet, near Upper Rusko (Wilson and Flett, 1921).
(Cree94 218, 219)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC), 23 March 1994.
