Scottish shale Scottish shale

Cult pit

Alternative names:
Polkemmet Colliery ?
Parish:
Whitburn, Linlithgowshire
Local authority:
West Lothian
Opened:
pre 1855
Closed:
post 1855
Current status of site:
No surface traces remain

Pit in the lands of Polkemmet. Site later developed as Dumback mine

  • Location of pit, and boundary of the lands of Polkemmet
    Cult 1855 close Cult 1855 Cults 1895 Cults 1957 Cults aerial

    References

    POLKEMMET COLLIERY. To be Sold by Public Roup, the above Colliery, upon Saturday the 4th day of September, 1858, the following ARTICLES, belonging to Sir William Baillie of Polkemmet, Baronet – Three-and-a-half Tons Malleable, and about Four-and-a-half Tons Cast-iron Hutch Rails; Rails; Six 7 and Two 10-inch Pipes; Four-and-a-half Cwt. ½ -inch Chains; Fifteen Pit Hutches; Vice, Bellows, and Anvil; Cast-iron Plates Pit-wood, and a few other Materials; Tools and Implements used for Mining purposes. Terms—Cash. Roup to commence at One o'clock Afternoon. JOHN BROWNLEE, Auctioneer. Bathgate, 25th August, 1858.

    Falkirk Herald, 26th August 1858

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