Burdiehouse Lime Works
Location type
WorksName and dates
Burdiehouse Lime Works (1760-1907)Served by the Shotts Iron Co.
Description
This was a lime kiln to the west of Mortonhall Pit.
The line works had its own mine and a short internal tramway.
The nearby pit was rail served by a siding from the lines serving the Straiton Oil Works and Pentland Oil Works.
The kiln still exists, but housing developments are reaching ever closer.
Tags
Lime worksExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
06/02/2018
| Nearby stations Loanhead Gilmerton Polton Lasswade Broomieknowe Roslin Bonnyrigg Rosewell and Hawthornden Sheriffhall [1st] Sheriffhall [2nd] Blackford Hill Newington [NBR] Glenesk Eskbank and Dalkeith Eskbank | Straiton Limeworks Mortonhall Pit Shale Pit Straiton Sidings Eldin Chemical Works Shale Pit Clippens Limestone Works Edgefield Weighs Cabin Pentland Oil Works Gilmerton Quarries Ramsey Colliery Gilmerton Colliery [1st] Gilmerton Colliery Burghlee Ground Frame Bilston Glen Colliery |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1866 | Straiton Oil Works Opened by William Taylor and Company. About this date William Baird & Co mines for limestone at Burdiehouse (Burdiehouse Lime Works). |
| / /1921 | Clippens Company Burdiehouse Lime Works transferred to the Shotts Iron Co. |
Books
 Vanished Railways of West Lothian |
