Old Lead Shaft - Glencrieff Mine
Old Lead Shaft - Glencrieff Mine is in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Old Lead Shaft - Glencrieff Mine is situated nearby to the ruins Engine House, as well as near the archaeological site Straitstep Mine Adit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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 2,500 feet east of Old Lead Shaft - Glencrieff Mine.
Wanlockhead Inn
Pub
Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wanlockhead Inn is a pub, which is situated 2,100 feet east of Old Lead Shaft - Glencrieff Mine.
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 1½ miles northeast of Old Lead Shaft - Glencrieff Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wanlockhead and Leadhills.
Wanlockhead
Village
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 Shaft - Glencrieff Mine.
Sanquhar
Town
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sanquhar is a town on the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, north of Thornhill and west of Moffat. It is a former Royal Burgh. It is notable for its tiny post office, established in 1712 and considered the oldest working post office in the world. Sanquhar is situated 6 miles southwest of Old Lead Shaft - Glencrieff Mine.
Old Lead Shaft - Glencrieff Mine
- Type: Brownfield land
- Category: industry
- Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.40022° or 55° 24′ 1″ northLongitude
-3.79106° or 3° 47′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C7RC625+3HOpenStreetMap ID
way 1219863062OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=brownfield
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Highlights include Engine House and Old Engine House.
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