What is recorded here
Bothwell Castle Colliery, Pits No 3 and 4 cut through South Lanarkshire soil, leaving behind a hollow darkness where men traded daylight for coal. The exact period remains unassigned, yet the pits still hold their breath beneath the ground, waiting for footsteps that may never return.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Bothwell Castle Colliery, Pits No 3 and 4 as Colliery (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
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