Meadowfoot Lead Mine Adit

Meadowfoot Lead Mine Adit is a building in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Meadowfoot Lead Mine Adit is situated near Wanlockhead Cemetery, as well as near the ruins Wheelpit.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Miners Library and Leadhills railway station.

Miners Library

Library

Photo: Donald MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Miners Library is situated 1 mile southeast of Meadowfoot Lead Mine 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 1½ miles east of Meadowfoot Lead Mine Adit.

Wanlockhead Inn

Pub

Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wanlockhead Inn is a pub, which is situated 4,100 feet southeast of Meadowfoot Lead Mine 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 Meadowfoot Lead Mine Adit.

Sanquhar

Town

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sanquhar is a historic market town and former royal burgh on the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, north of Thornhill and west of Moffat. The town is approximately 49 miles southwest of Edinburgh, 36 miles southeast of Glasgow, and 24 miles north-northwest of Dumfries. Sanquhar is situated 6 miles southwest of Meadowfoot Lead Mine Adit.

Meadowfoot Lead Mine Adit

Type: Building
Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.40444° or 55° 24′ 16″ north

Longitude

-3.79786° or 3° 47′ 52″ west

Open location code

9C7RC632+QV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1219050802

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Wanlockhead Cemetery and Old Engine House.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Meadowfoot and Wanlockhead Sewage Works.

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