Old Lead Mine - Mill Vein
Old Lead Mine - Mill Vein is a quarry in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Old Lead Mine - Mill Vein is situated nearby to the quarry Old Lead Mine - Portal of Poutsheil Level, as well as near the peak White Law.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Leadhills railway station and Miners Library.
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 south of Old Lead Mine - Mill Vein.
Miners Library
Library
Photo: Donald MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Miners Library is situated 2½ miles south of Old Lead Mine - Mill Vein.
Wanlockhead Inn
Pub
Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wanlockhead Inn is a pub, which is situated 2½ miles south of Old Lead Mine - Mill Vein.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leadhills and Wanlockhead.
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.
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. Wanlockhead is situated 2½ miles south of Old Lead Mine - Mill Vein.
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 4 miles east of Old Lead Mine - Mill Vein.
Old Lead Mine - Mill Vein
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.43161° or 55° 25′ 54″ northLongitude
-3.76431° or 3° 45′ 52″ westOpen location code
9C7RC6JP+J7OpenStreetMap ID
way 1424795664OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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