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Louisa Mine is an antimony mine and workings located in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, operating within a landscape of wacke bedrock belonging to the Hawick Group formation. The site exploits mineralisation developed in these Wenlock-age sedimentary rocks, which underlie the moorland terrain of the Glenshanna Burn valley. Antimony mining in southern Scotland developed significantly during the nineteenth century, driven by industrial demand for the metal in alloys, pigments and flame-retardant compounds.
The workings at Louisa Mine represent the extractive activity associated with antimony ore deposits hosted within the local geology. The Hawick Group wackes, originally deposited as marine sediments during the Silurian period, have provided the host rock for hydrothermal mineral veins and concentrations exploited by miners. The site's position beside the Glenshanna Burn would have provided essential water supply for processing and mechanical power.
The mine is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4454, recognising its significance as evidence of Scotland's industrial mineral extraction heritage. The surviving earthworks and structures at Louisa Mine contribute to understanding nineteenth-century antimony mining practices and the wider economic history of Dumfriesshire's upland regions.
Louisa Mine, antimony mine and workings, Glenshanna Burn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4454. View the official record →
Louisa Mine is an antimony mine and workings located in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, operating within a landscape of wacke bedrock belonging to the Hawick Group formation. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4454.
Louisa Mine, antimony mine and workings, Glenshanna Burn 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 SM4454.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Calkin,settlements and cultivation terraces 300m N of (7.7 km), Calkin,settlement 300m E of (8 km), Calkin,farmstead 500m WSW of (8.3 km).
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Louisa Mine, antimony mine and workings, Glenshanna Burn stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.