Scottish shale Scottish shale

Cappers No.3 pit

Alternative names:
Moss pit
Parish:
Bathgate, Linlithgowshire
Local authority:
West Lothian
Ownership:
Opened:
post 1855
Closed:
pre 1883

Pits within the former Cappers plantation in the lands of Polkemmet, a distance north of Tippethill farm. It seems likely that these were ironstone pits, worked by the Shotts Iron Co. Linked to Cappers No.1 pit by tramway.

  • Location of pits, and boundary of the Polkemmet lands.