Grange No.1 & 2 pits

Parish:

West Calder, Midlothian

Local authority:

West Lothian

Ownership:

J.P. Raeburn

Midlothian Oil Co. Ltd.

Seams worked:

Raeburn Shale

Opened:

c.1865

Closed:

c.1871

Current status of site:

Site occupied by Stepend broiler farm. No trace remains of surface features

Regional overview:

Mines in the Polbeth area

Vertical shafts, No. 2 Pit, 20 fathoms deep

Serving Grange Shale Oil Works

Two pits to the Raeburn Shale, numbered 1 and 2, and presumed to be Grange No. 1 & 2, lie within the area thought to be the site of Grange Shale Oil Works.The pits appear to have been worked until closure of the oil works in 1871. These workings were separated from those of Grange No. 3 by the Livingston - West Calder road.

Shale-field: Polbeth and Gavieside shale-field.

Mapped by the Ordnance Survey of c1895, showing derelict land on site of Grange Shale Oil Works, but no indication of shafts or other surface features.

Location & workings at Grange No.1 & 2 pits