Craigston Pit
Location type
MineName and dates
Craigston PitServed by the Lugar Ironworks Railway.
Description
These ironstone mines were located to the south of the Muirkirk Branch (Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway) and north of the Lugar Iron Works (1845-1928) with which they were connected by an internal tramway.
In 1856 the pits and Lugar Iron Works were bought by the Eglinton Iron Works Company (part of William Baird & Co).
A 1790 beam engine was relocated here from the Blair collieries in 1875.
After the pits closed the beam engine was relocated to the new Highhouse Colliery around 1894 by William Baird & Co.
Tags
Mine Pit IronstoneExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Lugar Commondyke Cumnock [2nd] Cronberry Cairntable Halt Cumnock [1st] Auchinleck Dumfries House Skares Catrine Ochiltree New Cumnock Mauchline Muirkirk [1st] Muirkirk [2nd] | Common Junction Lugar Mine Rose Junction Dickston Pit Lugar Works Lugar Brickworks Dickston Pit Lugar Ironworks Junction Braehead Pit No 6 Cronberry Nos 1,2,3 Sidings Dykes Pit No 2 Maid Pits Cronberry No 1,2,3 Pits Signal Box Maid Pit Tourist/other Laurienne Memorial |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
