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Lochend Pit No. 5 and bing is a coal mine site located in Lanarkshire, Scotland, approximately 650 metres south-west of Lochend. The monument comprises the pit itself and its associated bing or waste heap, evidence of coal extraction from the Scottish Coal Measures Group strata that underlie the site. These coal-bearing rocks, formed during the Moscovian period of the Carboniferous era, consist of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone interspersed with seams of coal and ironstone, resources that made this location valuable for industrial exploitation.
The bing—the characteristic conical or linear mound of colliery waste—would have accumulated as miners extracted coal and removed the surrounding rock. The presence of ferricrete in the bedrock indicates iron-rich deposits that would have been extracted alongside coal or encountered during working.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland reference SM9680, reflecting its significance as physical evidence of Lanarkshire's coal mining heritage during the period of industrial expansion that transformed the Scottish landscape and economy.
Lochend Pit No. 5 and bing, 650m SW of Lochend is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9680. View the official record →
Lochend Pit No. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM9680.
Lochend Pit No. 5 and bing, 650m SW of Lochend is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM9680.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Drumfin, deserted settlement 200m W of (3.6 km), Mid Bracco, deserted farmstead (3.8 km), Avonhead Colliery, miners' row (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Lochend Pit No. 5 and bing, 650m SW of Lochend's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Lochend Pit No. 5 and bing, 650m SW of Lochend stands on Scottish Coal Measures Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.