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Sauchie, Coal Mines
Colliery(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Sauchie, Coal Mines
Classification Colliery(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Devon Valley Railway; Devon Iron Works
Canmore ID 111971
Site Number NS89NE 70
NGR NS 8990 9510
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/111971
- Council Clackmannan
- Parish Clackmannan
- Former Region Central
- Former District Clackmannan
- Former County Clackmannanshire
NS89NE 70 8990 9510
Three coal pits and a shaft are depicted, immediately W of Sauchie, on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perth and Clackmannan 1866, sheet cxxxiii). All but one coal pit are annotated as 'old'. They are linked to each other, the Devon Valley railway and Devon Iron Works (NS89NE 71) by an extensive series of tramways. A playing field occupies the site of the coal mines on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1992).
Information from RCAHMS (PM) 27 August 1996.
