Old lead adit

Old lead adit is an adit in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Old lead adit is situated nearby to the archaeological site Straitstep Mine Adit, as well as near Straitstep Lead Mine Shaft - Straitstep Vein.

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 1,600 feet southeast of Old lead adit.

Wanlockhead Inn

Pub

Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wanlockhead Inn is a pub, which is situated 1,200 feet southeast of Old lead adit.

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 Old lead adit.

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 Old lead adit.

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 Old lead adit.

Old lead adit

Type: Adit
Category: industry
Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.39976° or 55° 23′ 59″ north

Longitude

-3.78649° or 3° 47′ 11″ west

Open location code

9C7R96X7+WC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4761923552

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=adit

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