Cobbinshaw Pits
Cobbinshaw Pits is a mine in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Cobbinshaw Pits is situated nearby to the village Tarbrax, as well as near Cobbinshaw Reservoir.Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cobbinshaw Reservoir and Crosswood Reservoir.
Cobbinshaw Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cobbinshaw Reservoir is a reservoir in West Lothian, Scotland. It is situated near the Pentland Hills, 5 km south of West Calder. The 310-acre site is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and is popular with wildfowl.
Crosswood Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Callum Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crosswood Reservoir is situated 2 miles east of Cobbinshaw Pits.
Henshaw Hill
Peak
Photo: Callum Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Henshaw Hill is a peak, which is situated 2½ miles southeast of Cobbinshaw Pits.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tarbrax and Cobbinshaw.
Tarbrax
Village
Photo: Gideonr0, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tarbrax is a small village in the Parish of Carnwath, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is at the end of a dead end road off the A70 road between Edinburgh and Carnwath.
Cobbinshaw
Hamlet
Photo: Eric Ingram, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cobbinshaw is a small hamlet in West Lothian, Scotland. It is at the end of a dead end road from nearby Woolfords. Cobbinshaw is at 1,000 feet above sea level on the edge of the Pentland Hills.
Woolfords
Village
Woolfords is a small hamlet in the Parish of Carnwath, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Woolfords is located on the road between Auchengray and West Calder, next to Cobbinshaw Reservoir. Woolfords is situated 1½ miles west of Cobbinshaw Pits.
Cobbinshaw Pits
- Type: Mine
- Categories: oil shale mine, historic site, and industry
- Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.79445° or 55° 47′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.54969° or 3° 32′ 59″ westOpen location code
9C7RQFV2+Q4OpenStreetMap ID
node 12041988186OpenStreetMap feature
historic=mineWikidata ID
Q127269367
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