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Colinshiel No.3 pit

Parish:
Bathgate, Linlithgowshire
Local authority:
West Lothian
Ownership:
Opened:
pre 1855
Closed:
pre 1855
Current status of site:
No surface traces remain
Regional overview:
Pits - pre 1855

One of a group of Colinshiel pits in the lands of South Couston, (see Colinshiel 1, also 2 and.4). Presumably very short-lived as it was abandoned by c.1855, seemingly leaving no surface features.

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