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Dora Mine
Colliery (19th Century)
Site Name Dora Mine
Classification Colliery (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Little Rait Mine
Canmore ID 131052
Site Number NT19SE 53.01
NGR NT 1729 9092
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/131052
- Council Fife
- Parish Auchtertool
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Kirkcaldy
- Former County Fife
Field Visit (20 September 1991)
NT19SE 53.01 1729 9092
Opencast mining has removed the remains of a group of mines depicted on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch map (Fife & Kinross, 1856, sheets 34; Fifeshire, 1896, sheet xxxiv SE) to the E of the A909 public Road. By 1896 these pits had been replaced by Dora Pit (see RCAHMS 2006, 142-3) and Lady Pit a short distance to the NW.
(Cleish91 254-257)
Visited by RCAHMS (SPH) 20 September 1991.
Note (2006)
DORA Colliery (also known as LITTLE RAITH)
(Location cited as NT 1723 9091).
Location: Cowdenbeath
Previous Owners: Lochgelly Iron & Coal Company
Types of Coal: House and Steam
Sinking/Production Commenced: 1875
Year Closed: 1959
Year Abandoned: 1959
Average Workforce: 266
Peak Workforce: 280
Peak Year: 1957
Shaft/Mine Details: 1 shaft, 178m deep, but winding from 127m
Details in 1948: 263 men employed (204 underground), Campbell Binnie bash-tank feldspar washer (coal washing system incorporating a bed of feldspar, canteen (full meals), no baths, first aid room. Steam winder, all electricity supplied by Nellie Colliery Power Station. Report dated 11-08-1948.
Other Details: The last of a number of pits on the 'Little Raith' estate.
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
