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Powharnal Colliery
Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Powharnal Colliery
Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 134185
Site Number NS62SW 31
NGR NS 6453 2492
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/134185
- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish Auchinleck
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumnock And Doon Valley
- Former County Ayrshire
NS62SW 31 6453 2492
NS 640 244 (centre) A detailed instrument survey was completed of all identified archaeological sites within the Gasswater opencast coal site to the NE of the Gass Water in advance of coal extraction. The majority of the sites had been recorded by RCAHMS, Scotia Archaeology (Lewis and Reed 1992) and Centre for Field Archaeology (Cressey and Finlayson 1996). They include the remains of 19th and 20th-century mining and post-medieval agriculture. Checking of all previous records revealed a number of errors and confusion in the NMRS entries for these sites but these are all reconciled in the present report. Only one new site was identified: a turf and stone-built bank.
A full report has been lodged with the NMRS.
Sponsor: Scottish Coal.
S Carter 1999
POWHARNAL colliery
Previous Owners: National Coal Board
Sinking/Production Commenced: 1954
Year Abandoned: 1959
No further data.
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
