Scottish shale Scottish shale

Addiewell No.5 pit

Parish:
West Calder, Midlothian
Local authority:
West Lothian
Ownership:
James Young & Co.
Seams worked:
Fells Shale
Opened:
c.1867?
Closed:
Perhaps closed in the 1890's ?
Current status of site:
Grassed open space following exensive land renewal works in the 1980's
Regional overview:
Mines in the Addiewell area

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Vertical shaft, 17.5 fathoms deep to the Fells shale

Serving Addiewell Oil Works

Probably linked underground to Addiewell No. 1 pit, No.2 pit and No.6 pit.

Mapped by the Ordnance Survey of c.1895, appears to show pithead buildings intact, but probably out of use.

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  • External references

      • Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. S2873, showing workings in the Thick Shale from "Addiewell", abandoned in 1866.
      • Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. S2874, showing workings in the Houston Coal, Grey Shale, and Thick Shale from "Addiewell", abandoned in 1865.
      • Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. S2875, showing workings in the Thick Shale from "Addiewell", abandoned in 1866.

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