Archaeology Notes

Event ID 851664

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT47SW 56 4016 7383

MEADOWMILL MINE

Previous Owners: National Coal Board

Sinking Commenced: 1952

Production Commenced: 1954

Year Closed: 1960

Year Abandoned: 1962

Average Workforce: 120

Peak Workforce: 120

Peak Year: 1954

Shaft/Mine Details: 2 surface mines sunk by the National Coal Board (NCB) on site of former Meadowmill coal washer, immediately to the east of Bankton Colliery (NT47SW 48). Deepest workings approximately 60m below the surface. Average output about 250 tons per day. Coal sent to Dalkeith central preparation plant.

Other Details: Cleared away to make way for playing fields and artificial ski slope.

M K Oglethorpe 2006.