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Straiton No.1 & 2 mines

Former parish and county:
Parish of Liberton, Edinburghshire
Local authority:
City of Edinburgh
Seams worked:
Broxburn Shale, Dunnet Shale
Closed:
Pre-1894?
Current status of site:
Returned to agriculture
Regional overview:

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Inclined adit

Serving Pentland Paraffin Oil Works

Two small mines, No. 1 to the Broxburn Shale, No. 2 to the Fells? Shale, identified on BGS plan 972. Surfacing close to Oakbank Cottages, these may have been known as Oakbank No. 1 & No. 2 Mines.

See Pentland No. 1 & No. 2 Mines for an overview of shale mining in the Straiton area.

Shale-field: Burdiehouse and Straiton shale-fields.

Mapped by the Ordnance Survey of c.1894, showing no trace of surface features.

  • Location & workings at Straiton No.1 & 2 mines
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  • External references
    • Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. 5913, showing workings in the Dunnet, Broxburn and Fells Shales from Straiton No. 3, 4, 7, 8; Mortonhall No. 9, 10, Pentland No. 1 , 2 and Oakbank, abandoned in 1900.