Scottish shale Scottish shale

Woodmuir - early pits (north) 3

Parish:
West Calder, Midlothian
Local authority:
West Lothian
Opened:
pre 1855
Closed:
c.1855?

Shaft in the lands of Woodmuir, one of a group of Woodmuir - early pits (north)

An abandoned pit shaft to the China Coal at 14 fathoms noted of 1939 6" Geological Survey map. Marked as shaft on the 1855 OS map, and as circular earthworth on the 1895 edition. The site is now marked by a significant depression surrounded by a circular bank of spoil.