Scottish shale Scottish shale

Heatherfield No.3 pit

Alternative names:
Heatherfield pit
Parish:
Bathgate, Linlithgowshire
Local authority:
West Lothian
Opened:
post 1855
Closed:
pre 1895
Current status of site:
Site partly cleared with few surface traces
Regional overview:
Mines in the Boghead coal

Pit in the Ballencrieff estate 28.5 fathoms deep.

  • Location of pit, and boundaries of the lands of Ballencrieff