What is recorded here

Douglas Castle Colliery pierced the South Lanarkshire earth until nationalisation moved its identity into state hands. A 1960 photograph captures its clean entrance, a sharp contrast to the soot and muscle work happening below. That boundary between polished surface and dark labour still defines the site, reminding viewers that ease of entry never meant ease of life for the people who fed the region with coal.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Douglas Castle Colliery 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.

Douglas Castle Colliery was a coal mining site associated with the historic Douglas Castle estate in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, and was likely operated during the 19th or early 20th century. It is remembered as part of the industrial heritage linked to the powerful Douglas family, who held the estate for centuries.

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