Roman Camp (south) No.2 mine

Parish:

Uphall, Linlithgowshire

Local authority:

West Lothian

Seams worked:

Pumpherston Shale

Closed:

1930

Current status of site:

Derelict land

Regional overview:

Mines in the Broxburn area

Inclined adit at a dip of 56 degrees

Serving Roman Camp Oil Works

Roman Camp No. 2 (South) Mine, and the associated with No. 2 (North) Mine, followed the outcrop of shales on the eastern arm of the Pumpherston anticline. The seams here were particularly steeply inclined creating many difficulties in their working.

Shale-field: Pumpherston shale-field.

Mapped by the Ordnance Survey of c.1916, showing site labelled as "old shale mines", and with tramway linking to Roman Camp No. 2 (North) Mine.

Location & workings at Roman Camp (south) No.2 mine

Detailed maps

Roman Camp No.2 Mine (South) - 25" OS map c.1897, courtesy National Library of Scotland

Roman Camp No.2 Mine (South) - 25" OS map c.1916, courtesy National Library of Scotland

Roman Camp No.2 Mine (South) - 1:2,500 OS map c.1955, courtesy National Library of Scotland

Roman Camp No.2 Mine (South) - Aerial, courtesy National Library of Scotland

Recent images

Approximate site of No. 2 South Mine, with shale fragments in the foreground and timber baulks amongst the trees. Looking west. March 2012.

Close-up of timber baulks; perhaps the remains of timber staging to carry a tramway? Looking south. March 2012.

March 2012.

External references

Coal Authority Mine Abandonment Catalogue No. 10082, showing workings from Roman Camp No. 2 and Roman Camp No. 2 (South) in the Jubilee, Curly, Plain, and Wee Shales, abandoned in 1930.