Scotland, East Ayrshire
Glenbuck coal and iron village
Ghost town Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: bottle fragments.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
iron and coal village to 1931
Hill village by the Glenbuck dam built in 1802 for the Catrine cotton works, an early ironworking centre and later a coal mining community. The last mine closed in 1931 and the village declined to a few houses.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
old mine workings
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