Whitehill 1,2 Colliery
Location type
MineName and dates
Whitehill 1,2 Colliery (1893-1965)Served by the Ayr and Cumnock Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway).
Description
This colliery was near Skares. It was 245m deep.
The site was served by a branch from Dykes Junction on the Ayr and Cumnock Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway).
Bairds and Dalmellington Limited owned the colliery when taken over by the National Coal Board.
Tags
MineExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
04/12/2020
| Nearby stations Skares Dumfries House Ochiltree Auchinleck Cumnock [1st] Cumnock [2nd] Commondyke Sinclairston (Private) Lugar Catrine Drongan Cronberry Rankinston Mauchline Cairntable Halt | Whitehill Junction Dykes Pit No 1 Skares Viaduct Dykes Junction Dumfries House Siding Hindsward Colliery Knockterra Signal Box Garallan Colliery Whitehill 3,4 Colliery Knockterra Pit Skares Brickworks Skares Quarry Hindsward 3, 4 Burnock Viaduct Tourist/other Dumfries House [House] |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
