Wanlockhead Beam Engine

Wanlockhead Beam Engine is an archaeological site in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Wanlockhead Beam Engine is situated nearby to the archaeological site Straitstep Lead Mine Shaft - Straitstep Vein, as well as near Straitstep Mine Adit.

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 1,300 feet east of Wanlockhead Beam Engine.

Wanlockhead Inn

Pub

Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wanlockhead Inn is a pub, which is situated 880 feet southeast of Wanlockhead Beam Engine.

Leadhills railway station

Railway station

Photo: AHEMSLTD, CC BY 2.5.

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 1¼ miles northeast of Wanlockhead Beam Engine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wanlockhead and Leadhills.

Wanlockhead

Village

Photo: Clydiee, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Wanlockhead Beam Engine.

Elvanfoot

Village

Photo: Darrin Antrobus, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Elvanfoot is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Elvanfoot is located at the confluence of the River Clyde and Elvan Water. The Clyde is crossed by a pedestrian suspension bridge that has been closed since 2007 for want of repair. Elvanfoot is situated 6 miles northeast of Wanlockhead Beam Engine.

Wanlockhead Beam Engine

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.3991° or 55° 23′ 57″ north

Longitude

-3.78539° or 3° 47′ 7″ west

Open location code

9C7R96X7+JR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3867623972

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Straitstep Lead Mine Shaft - Straitstep Vein and Straitstep Mine Adit.

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