Old lead shaft
Old lead shaft is an adit in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Old lead shaft is situated nearby to Wanlockhead Cemetery, as well as near the ruins Old Engine House.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Miners Library and Wanlockhead Inn.
Miners Library
Library
Photo: Donald MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Miners Library is situated 4,100 feet southeast of Old lead shaft.
Wanlockhead Inn
Pub
Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wanlockhead Inn is a pub, which is situated 3,800 feet southeast of Old lead shaft.
Leadhills railway station
Railway station
Leadhills railway station was opened on 1 October 1901 as the intermediate stop on the Leadhills and Wanlockhead Light Railway and served the lead mining area, farms and the village of Leadhills circa 5.5 miles WSW of Elvanfoot railway station in South Lanarkshire until 2 January 1939 for passengers and freight. Leadhills railway station is situated 1½ miles east of Old lead shaft.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wanlockhead and Leadhills.
Wanlockhead
Village
Wanlockhead is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, nestling in the Lowther Hills and 1 mile south of Leadhills at the head of the Mennock Pass, which forms part of the Southern Uplands.
Leadhills
Village
Photo: Alan O’Dowd, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leadhills, originally settled for the accommodation of miners, is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, 5+3⁄4 miles WSW of Elvanfoot. The population in 1901 was 835. Leadhills is situated 1½ miles northeast of Old lead shaft.
Sanquhar
Town
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sanquhar is a town on the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, north of Thornhill and west of Moffat. It is a former Royal Burgh. It is notable for its tiny post office, established in 1712 and considered the oldest working post office in the world. Sanquhar is situated 6 miles southwest of Old lead shaft.
Old lead shaft
- Type: Adit
- Category: industry
- Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.40315° or 55° 24′ 11″ northLongitude
-3.7974° or 3° 47′ 51″ westOpen location code
9C7RC633+72OpenStreetMap ID
node 11280571252OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=adit
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