Dunfermline, Townhill, Townhill Colliery, Pit Number 6
Colliery (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Dunfermline, Townhill, Townhill Colliery, Pit Number 6
Classification Colliery (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Canmore ID 139565
Site Number NT18NW 31
NGR NT 10410 89808
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/139565
- Council Fife
- Parish Dunfermline
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
NT18NW 31 103 898
Site recorded as part of a desk-based assessment and field inspection conducted in connection with an environmental assessment for proposed works on power lines between Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy.
Full details of the methods and results of this exercise are in a report, a copy of which will be deposited in the NMRS.
NT 103 898 Coal mine.
Sponsor: Gillespies on behalf of Scottish Power plc.
A J Dunwell and B Finlayson 1997
Field Visit (7 December 2014)
Nothing is visible in an area now occupied by parkland of a colliery that is first depicted on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inchmap (Fife and Kinross 1896, Sheet XXXIV.SW). At that time it comprised a pit-head and at least six roofed buildings.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 7 December 2014.
