Muirhall No.16 coal mine

Parish:

West Calder, Midlothian

Local authority:

West Lothian

Seams worked:

Hurlet Coal

Opened:

c.1870

Closed:

1877

Current status of site:

Rough grazing, with traces of railway embankment still evident

Regional overview:

Mines in the Addiewell area

Inclined shaft

A mine to a small reserve of Hurlet Coal, also exploited from Muirhall No. 19 Pit.

Shale was worked from Muirhall No.18, which was listed as abandoned on 21st July 1875. The precise location of this pit or mine is not known.

Shale-field: West Calder shale-field.

Mapped by the Ordnance Survey of c.1895, showing only the earthworks of the railway that served the mine.

Location & workings at Muirhall No.16 coal mine

Detailed maps

November 2012.

External references

Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. 816, showing workings in the Hurlet Coal from Muirhall No. 16 and No. 19, abandoned in 1877.
Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. 189, showing workings in the Houston Coal from Addiewell or Muirhall, abandoned in 1874.