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Bathgate Hills, Limestone Quarries
Limestone Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bathgate Hills, Limestone Quarries
Classification Limestone Quarry (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Gala Braes; Ballencrieff Toll
Canmore ID 211765
Site Number NS97SE 110
NGR NS 9855 7055
NGR Description Centred NS 9855 7055
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council West Lothian
- Parish Bathgate
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
NS97SE 110.00 centred 9855 7055
NS97SE 110.01 NS 9791 7017 and NS 9815 7019 Limekilns
NS97SE 110.02 NS 9782 7040 Limekilns
Extensive limestone quarries and associated limekilns (NS97SE 110.01 and NS97SE 110.02 ) are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Linlithgowshire, 1856, sheet 9) running in a northeasterly direction from Sunnyside Reservoir to just W of The Knock (NS 9840 7040 to NS 9895 7093). One limekiln is shown within the quarry at the NE end (NS c.9895 7090) and an unroofed building is at NS c.9841 7036.
The limestone quarries and limekilns are not noted in the Ordnance Survey Name Book.
Information from RCAHMS (IF), 1997.
