Fergushill Colliery No17 Pit

Fergushill Colliery No17 Pit is a mine in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Fergushill Colliery No17 Pit is situated nearby to Eglinton Loch, as well as near Eglinton Castle.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Eglinton Country Park and Eglinton Loch.

Eglinton Country Park

Park

Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.

Eglinton Country Park is located on the grounds of the old Eglinton Castle estate in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland. Eglinton Park is situated in the parish of Kilwinning, part of the former district of Cunninghame, and covers an area of 400 ha ( of which are woodland. Eglinton Country Park is situated 2,500 feet south of Fergushill Colliery No17 Pit.

Eglinton Loch

Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.

Eglinton Loch is a small freshwater loch in the North Ayrshire Council Areas, lying in a holm of the Lugton Water near Irvine and Kilwinning, within Eglinton Country Park, in the parish of Kilwinning. Eglinton Loch is situated 2,200 feet southeast of Fergushill Colliery No17 Pit.

Ayrshire Central Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Chris Court, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ayrshire Central Hospital, also known as Irvine Central Hospital, is an NHS hospital in Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Ayrshire and Arran. Ayrshire Central Hospital is situated 1¼ miles south of Fergushill Colliery No17 Pit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kilwinning and Irvine.

Kilwinning

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kilwinning is a town near the Ayrshire coast of Scotland, some 21 miles southwest of Glasgow. It's run-down and post-industrial, with a population in 2020 of 16,100.

Irvine

Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.

Irvine is a town in Ayrshire on the Clyde coast, with a population of 34,130 in 2020. It's post-industrial and is best-known as one of the postwar "New Towns" built across lowland Scotland.

Dreghorn

Village

Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dreghorn is a village in North Ayrshire, Scotland, 3.5 kilometres east of Irvine town centre, on the old main road from Irvine to Kilmarnock. It is sited on a ridge between two rivers. Dreghorn is situated 3½ miles southeast of Fergushill Colliery No17 Pit.

Fergushill Colliery No17 Pit

Type: Mine
Categories: historic site and industry
Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.65083° or 55° 39′ 3″ north

Longitude

-4.66408° or 4° 39′ 51″ west

Open location code

9C7QM82P+89

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4764148121

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=mine

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Highlights include Eglinton Castle and Formal Garden.

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