MineArchiveMines in North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire sat at the heart of the Lanarkshire coalfield, the industry that fed the iron and steel works of Coatbridge and Motherwell and made this one of the most heavily mined landscapes in Britain. Almost nothing of it stands today — the pits closed, the bings were levelled and the ground was built over — so the county's mining is remembered less through surviving structures than through memorials, above all the one at Moodiesburn to the 47 men killed at Auchengeich in 1959.
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| Mine | Worked | Commodities |
|---|---|---|
| Ardenrigg Colliery | 1908–June 1963 | Coal |
| Auchengeich Colliery | 1908–1965 | Coal |
| Bedlay Colliery | 1905–1981 | Coal |
| Blairmuckhill Colliery | 1905 to 1910–1959 | Coal, Ironstone |
| Boglea Colliery | By 1899–March 1962 | Coal, Ironstone |
| Broomside Colliery | 1869–October 1948 (abandoned 1950) | Coal |
| Calderhead Colliery | 1850–1958 | Coal |
| Cardowan Colliery | From 1924 (sinking)–1983 | Coal |
| Carnbroe Colliery | from From 1854 | Coal, Iron |
| Dullatur Colliery | 1935 (earlier workings by 1899)–May 1964 | Coal |
| Dumbreck Colliery | 1885 (sinking)–1963 | Coal, Iron |
| Duntilland Colliery | 1865–April 1951 | Coal, Ironstone |
| Fortissat Colliery | By 1875–1949 | Coal |
| Garscube Colliery | Around 1850–1966 (closure) | Coal |
| Glenboig Fireclay Mines | 1830s–1956 | Fireclay |
| Hassockrigg Colliery | By 1876–1962 | Coal |
| Hattonrigg Colliery | from By 1870 | Coal, Fireclay |
| Hillhouserigg Colliery | 1850–April 1949 | Coal, Ironstone |
| Lochend Colliery | c. 1880–December 1948 | Coal |
| Milnwood Colliery | By 1865–By 1925 | Coal |
| Motherwell Colliery | By 1866–After 1940 | Coal, Fireclay |
| Northfield Colliery | 1917–1961 | Coal |
| Overtown Colliery | 1931 (earlier pits by 1862)–January 1968 | Coal |
| Rosehall Colliery | 1855 (deaths recorded from 1853)–September 1940 | Coal, Fireclay, Ironstone |
| Shotts Iron Works | 16 April 1801 (lease)–1951 | Iron |
| Southfield Colliery | 1920 (sinking)–May 1959 | Coal |
| Stepends Colliery | from 19th century (ironstone and coal) | Coal |
| Tannochside Colliery | 1870–September 1945 | Coal |
| Thankerton Colliery | 1850–December 1953 (abandoned 1954) | Coal |
Record created: 24 August 2026 · Last researched: 24 August 2026