Meta Colliery
Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Meta Colliery
Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Devon 3
Canmore ID 133239
Site Number NS89NE 82
NGR NS 8940 9577
NGR Description Centred NS 8940 9577
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Clackmannan
- Parish Alloa
- Former Region Central
- Former District Clackmannan
- Former County Clackmannanshire
NS89NE 82 centred 8940 9577
META Colliery (also known as DEVON 3)
Location: Sauchie, Alloa
Previous Owners: Alloa Coal Company
Types of Coal: House, dross (unwashed for briquettes)
Sinking/Production Commenced: 1946 (originally inaugurated on 4 July 1923)
Year Closed: 1959
Year Abandoned: 1959
Average Workforce: 187
Peak Workforce: 233
Peak Year: 1956
Shaft/Mine Details: 1 shaft 115m deep, and 1 surface mine (NS 8902 9587)
Details in 1948: Output 200 tons per day, 50,000 tons per annum. 94 employees. No washer; bath and canteen at Devon Colliery 450m away. Medical facilities. AC electricity all from Devon Colliery [NS89NE 40.01]. Record dated 25-08-1948.
Other Details: Brickworks established in the 1930s, closed in 1981. A fuel briquetting plant was added in 1943. Meta drift mine at NS 8724 9577 [NS89NE 83].
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
The national grid reference was changed from NS8938 9577 to NS8940 9577 as a result of further research (see M K Oglethorpe 2006).
Information from RCAHMS (MKO) 27 June 2006.
