Old lead smelter
Old lead smelter is a mine in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Old lead smelter is situated nearby to the quarry Old Lead Mine - Portal of Poutsheil Level, as well as near the peak Water Head.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leadhills railway station.
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 2 miles south of Old lead smelter.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leadhills and Wanlockhead.
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 2 miles south of Old lead smelter.
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. Wanlockhead is situated 3 miles south of Old lead smelter.
Crawfordjohn
Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crawfordjohn is a small village and civil parish of 117 residents located in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is three miles west of Abington and seven miles north east of Leadhills, near junction 13 of the M74. Crawfordjohn is situated 3½ miles north of Old lead smelter.
Old lead smelter
- Type: Mine
- Categories: historic site and industry
- Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.44246° or 55° 26′ 33″ northLongitude
-3.75786° or 3° 45′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C7RC6RR+XVOpenStreetMap ID
node 4761910026OpenStreetMap feature
historic=mine
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