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Dunfermline, Townhill, Muircockhall Colliery
Colliery (19th Century)
Site Name Dunfermline, Townhill, Muircockhall Colliery
Classification Colliery (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Townhill Wood
Canmore ID 139581
Site Number NT18NW 33
NGR NT 11276 89777
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/139581
- Council Fife
- Parish Dunfermline
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
NT18NW 33 1130 8980
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 113 898 Muircockhall Colliery.
Sponsor: Gillespies on behalf of Scottish Power plc.
A J Dunwell and B Finlayson 1997
MUIRCOCKHALL
Location: Townhill
Previous Owners: Henry Ness & Company
Sinking/Production Commenced: unknown
Year Closed: 1944
Year Abandoned: 1969
Other Details: Former colliery, retained by the National Coal Board as a training centre until 1969.
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
