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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 754768
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/754768
NH76SE 11 7785 6361
This name applies to a coal pit shaft which was sunk about the year 1858, there was good coal at the depth of about 130 feet; but the mine was never used owning to the lack of funds for prosecuting the working of it.
Name Book 1880.
Eathie coalpit shaft is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire, Cromartyshire & Do 1880, sheet lxvii).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 11 April 1996.
NH 7765 6316. A second coal pit is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross and Cromarty, sheet lxviii; 1880) to the S of the Fishing Station.
Information from RCAHMS (KM) 4 July 1996.
Old coal pits on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross and Cromarty, sheet lxviii; 1880) - outside study area.
19th century AD.
CFA/MORA Coastal Assessment Survey 1998.
