Old coal workings near Coalburn
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Old coal workings near Coalburn
Image: © A-M-Jervis Taken: 12 Nov 2005
Coalburn Colliery comprisred a number of pits around the village and the lumpiness of the ground north of the village marks the site of the Shoulderigg Pit, which was linked by a rail line to the main colliery in the middle of the village. To the far left is the flat-topped waste bing of Bellfield Pit and to the far right the outer edges of the huge Dalquhandy opencast site.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.60134
Longitude
-3.894237