Scottish shale Scottish shale

Heads mine

Parish:
Whitburn, Linlithgowshire
Local authority:
West Lothian
Ownership:
Opened:
pre 1945?
Closed:
1965?
Current status of site:
Ground rehabilitated following overcast working; no trace remains
Regional overview:

A small drift mine, in the lands of Polkemmet.

  • The 1945 List of Mines records Heads mine, owned by T. Greer , employing 3 underground and 1 on the surface working the Armadale Main coal (abandoned 15/11/45) and Colinburn Coal
  • The 1948 List of Mines records Heads mine, owned by T. Greer & Sons, H. Anderston, manager, employing 26 underground and 8 on the surface, working the Armadale Main coal

  • Location of mine, and boundary of the lands of Polkemmet