WLGS 11 Upper Uphall (Proposed RIGS) [NT 0550 7225] (Figure 36), (Figure 37), (Figure 38)

WLC site description

Part of the Strathclyde Group sites

Other designations: None

This site displays excellent examples of the features typically seen as a result of worked ground. There is a small oil-shale bing, sitts (areas of surface collapse) from underground stoop and room workings, uneven/low ground from quarrying and nearby remains of a dismantled railway. The site is currently used for cattle grazing, although is located on the outskirts of Uphall and could therefore be under threat from residential development in the future.

(Figure 36) Small oil-shale bing at Upper Uphall [NT 0550 7225]. Hopetoun Member, West Lothian Oil Shale formation (WLGS 11).

(Figure 37) Sitts resulting from the collapse of underground stoop and room working. Upper Uphall [NT 0550 7225] (WLGS 11). Hopetoun Member, West Lothian Oil Shale formation.

(Figure 38) Ironstone nodules, Upper Uphall [NT 0550 7225] (WLGS 11). Hopetoun Member, West Lothian Oil Shale formation.