Archaeology Notes

Event ID 855434

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/855434

NT36NE 91 3637 6858

DALKEITH 1, 2 and 3 olliery

Location: Smeaton

Previous Owners: A G Moore & Company

Types of Coal: House and Manufacturing

Sinking/Production Commenced: 1903

Year Closed: 1948

Year Abandoned: 1948

Average Workforce: 83

Peak Workforce: 83

Peak Year: 1947

Shaft/Mine Details: 3 surface mines

Details in 1948: closed

M K Oglethorpe 2006.

Site identified during an archaeological assessment carried out by CFA Archaeology Ltd.

Mhairi Hastie, 2006.