Waterside, Mineral Railway
Railway (19th Century)
Site Name Waterside, Mineral Railway
Classification Railway (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lethan Hill; Lethanhill Village; Dalmellington, Waterside Ironworks Complex
Canmore ID 244979
Site Number NS40NW 59
NGR NS 4380 0877
NGR Description NS 4380 0877 to NS 4337 1013
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish Dalmellington
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumnock And Doon Valley
- Former County Ayrshire
NS40NW 59 4380 0877 to 4337 1013
For associated incline drum building (NS 4342 0990), see NS40NW 43.
Extends onto map sheet NS41SW.
See also NS40NW 60 and NS41SW 62.
See also NS40NW 43 and NS40NW 60 -1, NS40NE 23 and NS40NE 104 -6, and NS41SW 61-2.
Dismantled Railway [NAT] (name centred NS 4345 0956)
Dismtd Rly [NAT] (name centred NS 4342 1015)
OS 1:10,000 map (1979 and 1992).
Scheduled as part of Waterside, miners' villages and mineral railways. This monument comprises the remains of the former mining villages of Benquhat, Corbie Craigs and Lethanhill, together with a network of tracks marking the site of former mineral railways and bings marking the sites of former ironstone pits and adjacent shaft, all associated with the Dalmellington Ironworks [Dalmellington, Waterside Ironworks: NS40NW 15.00].
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 15 November 1999.
