Scottish shale Scottish shale

Goukstane pit

Parish:
Bathgate, Linlithgowshire
Local authority:
West Lothian
Opened:
post 1855
Closed:
pre 1895
Current status of site:
Roadside site, little trace of surface workings
Regional overview:
Mines in the Boghead coal

Pit in the lands of West Torbane, reaching the Boghead Gas Coal at 18 fathoms, total depth 108ft