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Philpstoun, Shale-oil Works, Mineral Railway
Mineral Railway (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Philpstoun, Shale-oil Works, Mineral Railway
Classification Mineral Railway (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 85568
Site Number NT07NE 47.02
NGR NT 0500 7532
NGR Description From NT 0500 7532 to NT 0542 7698
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/85568
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Linlithgow
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
NT07NE 47.02 0500 7532 to 0542 7698
The works are at the N end of a mineral railway which ran to a Shale Pit at NT 0464 7534 (on map sheet NT07NW), and the shale bing (spoil heap) was, at this date, only extant to the N of the canal.
The course of the mineral railway is still shown on the current OS 1:2500 scale digital map as a 'track'
Information from RCAHMS (DE), December 2005
