What is recorded here
Castle Mine marks a twentieth-century colliery in Midlothian, Scotland, where heavy machinery and human labour met underground darkness. The exact point remains fixed on the official map, but the shaft itself may have swallowed the names of everyone who worked it.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castle Mine as Colliery (20th Century). 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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