Overview
Barblues Forge is recorded as Colliery (19th Century), Forge (19th Century), Miners Row(s) (19th Century) in Scotland North Lanarkshire. It is a work place connected with making, processing or obtaining useful material.
What this place is
The named source identifies Barblues Forge as Colliery (19th Century), Forge (19th Century), Miners Row(s) (19th Century) and ties the record to this exact place. It does not provide a complete secure date.
People and events
The safest reading of the exact saved type is a work place connected with making, processing or obtaining useful material. The account does not turn that type into unsupported people, events or dates.
How it was used
The label Colliery (19th Century), Forge (19th Century), Miners Row(s) (19th Century) gives the safest clue to purpose or form. It does not by itself prove the exact building method, daily use, age or sequence of changes at this place.
What survives
The official record fixes the place and calls it Colliery (19th Century), Forge (19th Century), Miners Row(s) (19th Century). It does not provide a full list of finds or a current condition report, so visible and buried remains are not guessed.
Why it mattered
Barblues Forge matters as a recorded colliery (19th century), forge (19th century), miners row(s) (19th century) tied to an exact landscape. The account keeps what is known useful while leaving names, dates and claims unsupported by the source visibly open.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
Places near here
- Barblues Shovel Forgemonumentunder 0.1 miles
- Barblues Collierymonument0.3 miles
- Stependsmonument0.4 miles
- Ford Forgemonument0.4 miles
- Plains, Main Street, Churchmonument0.4 miles
- Caldercruix, Airdrie Road, Caldercruix Public School (former)monument0.4 miles
- Airdrie to Bathgate Railway, Plains, Railway Stationmonument0.5 miles
- Airdrie to Bathgate Railway, Plains, Station Road, Signal Boxmonument0.5 miles
- Ardenrigg Collierymonument0.5 miles
- Plains, Main Street, Place of Worshipmonument0.5 miles
- Stepends Collierymonument0.5 miles
- Arden Rowsmonument0.6 miles
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