Overview
Leadloch Colliery is recorded as Colliery (period Unassigned), Mineral Railway (period Unassigned), Reservoir(s) (period Unassigned) in Scotland North Lanarkshire. Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Leadloch Colliery as Colliery (period Unassigned), Mineral Railway (period Unassigned), Reservoir(s) (period Unassigned).
Who lived here and when
The saved account records: Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Leadloch Colliery as Colliery (period Unassigned), Mineral Railway (period Unassigned), Reservoir(s) (period Unassigned).
Homes and daily life
The label Colliery (period Unassigned), Mineral Railway (period Unassigned), Reservoir(s) (period Unassigned) 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 was found
The official record fixes the place and calls it Colliery (period Unassigned), Mineral Railway (period Unassigned), Reservoir(s) (period Unassigned). It does not provide a full list of finds or a current condition report, so visible and buried remains are not guessed.
Why it ended
The saved wording does not establish one complete story of attack, rebuilding, abandonment, damage or later change. No single cause is claimed without evidence.
Why it mattered
Leadloch Colliery matters as a recorded colliery (period unassigned), mineral railway (period unassigned), reservoir(s) (period unassigned) 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
- Fauldhouse Mossmonument0.2 miles
- Leadloch, Reservoirmonument0.3 miles
- Braehead Colliery, Pit No.1monument0.3 miles
- Fauldhouse, Turner's Brick and Tile Worksmonument0.4 miles
- Fauldhouse Hillsmonument0.4 miles
- Braehead Colliery, Pit No. 2monument0.4 miles
- Braehead Quarriesmonument0.5 miles
- Leadloch Farmmonument0.5 miles
- Braehead Quarrymonument0.5 miles
- Fallahill Quarrymonument0.5 miles
- East Benhar, Fallahill Colliery Pit Nos. 3 and 4monument0.5 miles
- Jubilee Cottagemonument0.6 miles
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