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Waterside, Hillend, Bing

Colliery (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Spoil Heap (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Waterside, Hillend, Bing

Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Spoil Heap (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Lethan Hill; Dalmellington, Waterside Ironworks Complex

Canmore ID 244981

Site Number NS40NW 60

NGR NS 4332 0938

NGR Description Centred NS 4332 0938

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/244981

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Administrative Areas

  • Council East Ayrshire
  • Parish Dalmellington
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Cumnock And Doon Valley
  • Former County Ayrshire

Archaeology Notes

NS40NW 60 centred 4332 0938

See also NS40NW 43, NS40NW 59, NS40NW 61 NS40NE 23 and NS40NE 104 -6, and NS41SW 61-2.

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.

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