Former shale line? Near Broxburn
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Former shale line? Near Broxburn
Image: © AlastairG Taken: 4 Feb 2009
This wide track along the field margin can perhaps be described with a bit more certainty as being of industrial origin. Over the crest of the hill was Pyothall No.6 shale mine while the near end joins the line of a disused railway by the roadside cottages.
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