Dumbreck Colliery
Dumbreck Colliery is a mine in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Dumbreck Colliery is situated nearby to the village Queenzieburn, as well as near Victoria Memorial Cottage Hospital.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bar Hill Fort and Croy railway station.
Bar Hill Fort
Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bar Hill Fort was a Roman fort on the Antonine Wall in Scotland. It was built around the year 142 CE. Older maps and documents sometimes spell the name as Barr Hill. Bar Hill Fort is situated 1 mile southeast of Dumbreck Colliery.
Croy railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Croy railway station serves the village of Croy – as well as the nearby town of Kilsyth and parts of Cumbernauld – in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line, 11+1⁄2 miles northeast of Glasgow Queen Street. Croy railway station is situated 2 miles southeast of Dumbreck Colliery.
Corrie Spout
Waterfall
b Much of Scotland is mountainous; western areas of the Highlands enjoy a wet climate. The more steeply plunging west coast highland rivers in particular are home to countless waterfalls. Corrie Spout is situated 2 miles northwest of Dumbreck Colliery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Queenzieburn and Kilsyth.
Queenzieburn
Village
Photo: Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Queenzieburn is a small settlement in the historic county of Stirlingshire and the Council Area of North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Its estimated population is 520.
Kilsyth
Photo: Excalibur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kilsyth is a town on Clydeside, historically part of Lanarkshire, in the Central Belt of Scotland. It's 15 miles northeast of Glasgow near the watershed between the Clyde and Forth river catchments, at a point where the natural lowland routes become pinched between the Lanarkshire moors, the abrupt Campsie Fells, and sucking bogs.
Twechar
Village
Photo: G Laird, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Twechar is a small former mining village historically in Dunbartonshire and administered by the council area of East Dunbartonshire, Scotland close to the boundary with North Lanarkshire.
Dumbreck Colliery
- Type: Mine
- Categories: historic site and industry
- Location: North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.97332° or 55° 58′ 24″ northLongitude
-4.08275° or 4° 4′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C7QXWF8+8VOpenStreetMap ID
node 4768973426OpenStreetMap feature
historic=mine
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Queenzieburn Community Hall and Victoria Memorial Cottage Hospital.
Nearby Places
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