Torbanehill No.6 pit

Parish:

Bathgate, Linlithgowshire

Local authority:

West Lothian

Opened:

c.1854

Closed:

c. 1870?

Current status of site:

Site subject to opencast working c.1990 - no surface traces survive.

Regional overview:

Mines in the Boghead coal

A pit to the Boghead Coal, common coal and ironstone, about 43 fathoms (79m.) deep within the lands of the Torbanehill estate. Served by the Torbane branch of the Monkland Railway

According to the OS Name Book OS1/34/9/42 c.1854:

This is a pit but recently opened and is not a pit in Operation, its probable depth will be about 42 fathoms and the Engine about 25 Horse power, It will be worked by the Company - It is situated east of Torbane Pit about 15 Chains It Contains both Coal & Ironstone.

Location of pit and boundary of Torbanehill estate.