Roslin Colliery
Location type
MineName and dates
Roslin Colliery (1903-1969)Served by the Glencorse Extension (Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway).
Served by the Shotts Iron Co.
Description
Opened around 1876 by the Glasgow Iron Company and known as 'The Moat' after the farm just to the north. The company also owned the Motherwell Malleable Iron Works.
Re-sunk by the Shotts Iron Co in 1903.
Coal was moved by rail to the Ramsey Colliery washery.
The colliery was served by a branch from the Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway which struck off from its Glencorse extension just west of Roslin station. The junction had a miniature signal box.
The line closed in 1969, track remained until 1972.
Tags
MineExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map
01/03/2021
| Nearby stations Roslin Rosslyn Castle Auchendinny Rosslynlee Glencorse Rosslynlee Hospital Halt Rosewell and Hawthornden Polton Loanhead Eskbridge Pomathorn Halt Penicuik [2nd] Lasswade Broomieknowe Bonnyrigg | Rosslyn Carpet Factory Rosslyn Gunpowder Works Tin Tunnel Glencorse Viaduct Firth Viaduct Glencorse Tunnel Old Woodhouselee Tunnel Auchendinny Viaduct Auchendinny Tunnel Bilston Glen Colliery Dalmore Mill Tourist/other Rosslyn Chapel Roslin Castle Glencorse Old Kirk Glencorse Barracks |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 Vanished Railways of West Lothian |
