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Balgonie Colliery

Colliery (19th Century)

Site Name Balgonie Colliery

Classification Colliery (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Julian Pit

Canmore ID 134132

Site Number NT39NW 229

NGR NT 3037 9862

NGR Description Centred NT 3037 9862

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Fife
  • Parish Markinch
  • Former Region Fife
  • Former District Kirkcaldy
  • Former County Fife

Archaeology Notes

NT39NW 229 3037 9862

BALGONIE Colliery (also known as JULIAN PIT)

Location: Thornton

Previous Owners: Balfour and Balgonie Estates, later the Balgonie Colliery Company

Types of Coal: House and Steam

Sinking/Production Commenced: 1883-5

Year Closed: 1960

Year Abandoned: 1960

Average Workforce: 448

Peak Workforce: 490

Peak Year: 1952

Shaft/Mine Details: 2 shafts, No. 1 147m, No. 2 119m deep

Details in 1948: Output 470 tons per day, 123,262 tons per annum. 445 employees. Baum-type washer [equipment using water and compressed air to clean and separate coal from stone and shale]. DC and AC high tension electricity, none bought from public supply. Report dated 06-08-1948.

Other Details: Re-organised by National Coal Board (NCB) in 1954.

M K Oglethorpe 2006.

The national grid reference as originally quoted by RCAHMS was amended from NT3037 9867 to NT3037 9862 as a result of further research.

Information from RCAHMS (MKO) 28 June 2006.

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