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Bridgecastle - early pits

Parish:
Torphichen, Linlithgowshire
Local authority:
West Lothian
Opened:
c.1833
Closed:
c.1845
Current status of site:
Sites set with countryside, location of one shaft marked by subsidence.
Regional overview:
Pits - pre 1855

Two pits in the lands of Bridgecastle, first mentioned to in a sale advertisment of 1834 and noted as discontinued by 1847

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    References

    There are two pits at Bridgecastle, and engine-pit, where there is an atmospheric engine of 20-horse power, and a working pit.

    On the mines, minerals and geology of West Lothian - Charles Forsyth, Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, III series, vol 2. 1846

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    See also references on Bridgecastle (lands)

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