Scottish shale Scottish shale

Barbauchlaw No.5 pit

Alternative names:
Armadale No.5 pit
Parish:
Bathgate, Linlithgowshire
Local authority:
West Lothian
Opened:
pre 1895
Closed:
pre 1913

A pit to workings the Slatyband Ironstone at 31 fathoms (abandoned 1861) then developed at a coal pit

  • Location of pit, and boundaries of the lands of Barbauchlaw