Rowanburn, General
Miners Row(S) (Period Unassigned), Village (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Rowanburn, General
Classification Miners Row(S) (Period Unassigned), Village (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Rowanburn Cottages; Canonbie Coalfield
Canmore ID 92617
Site Number NY47NW 30
NGR NY 40981 77197
NGR Description Centred NY 40981 77197
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/92617
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Canonbie
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY47NW 30 Centred 40981 77197
For mining remains at Archerbeck (centred NY 4172 7759), see NY47NW 22.
(Location cited as NY 410 772). Miners' Rows, Rowanburn. Late 19th century. A group of three ranges of single-storey cottages with associated coal stores and wash-houses. The colliery here closed in 1922.
J R Hume 1976.
NY47NW 30 Centred NY 40981 77197
Much of the village still stands with some of the original miners' rows extant. Main street is now on E side.
The 1st Edition of the OS 6-inch map (Dumfriesshire 1862, sheet liv), annotates the village as 'Rowanburn Cottages'. The current OS digital maps annotate the village as 'Rowanburn'.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), May 2010