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Latitude: 54.9606 / 54°57'38"N
Longitude: -4.8301 / 4°49'48"W
OS Eastings: 218901
OS Northings: 566555
OS Grid: NX189665
Mapcode National: GBR 41.YQ3F
Mapcode Global: WH2S3.SK4Y
Entry Name: Knockiebae Lead Mines
Scheduled Date: 15 November 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4855
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Industrial: mines, quarries
Location: New Luce
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
The monument is a lead mine of the 18th and 19th centuries straddling the march dyke between Knockiebae and Barnshangan. It consists of a number of adits, mine shafts, spoil tips and buildings. On the Knockiebae side of the dyke is the only standing building, consisting of two compartments and with walls up to 2m high. About 18m to the SE is a second building with low turf-covered walls. Other similar buildigs survive along a low terrace c 90m to the S of the main building. Also on Knockibae are mine shafts and adits.
On the Barnshangan side are large adits and spoil tips and, beside the Mines Burn, a large mound with a deep central depression, possibly a smelter. The area to be scheduled includes the buildings,the shafts and adits, the smelter, and an area around them within which traces of activity associated with their use may be found. It measures a maximum of 290m NNE-SSW by a maximum of 200m transversely, excluding the march dyke, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a lead mine of the 18th and 19th centuries which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of mining practices during the Industrial Revolution in SW Scotland.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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