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Colliery(S) (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Minnivey Colliery

Classification Colliery(S) (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Minnivey 4 And 5

Canmore ID 42572

Site Number NS40NE 28

NGR NS 4745 0725

NGR Description centred on colliery buildings

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of Minnivey Colliery (now the Scottish Industrial Railway Centre) with the mineral railway in the foreground, taken from the ENE.

DP 030899

General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of Minnivey Colliery (now the Scottish Industrial Railway Centre) with the mineral railway in the foreground, taken from the ENE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

1/5/2007

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General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the Minnivey Colliery (now the Scottish Industrial Railway Centre) with the mineral railway in the foreground, taken from the NW.

DP 030886

General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the Minnivey Colliery (now the Scottish Industrial Railway Centre) with the mineral railway in the foreground, taken from the NW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

1/5/2007

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General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the Minnivey Colliery (now the Scottish Industrial Railway Centre) with the mineral railway adjacent, taken from the WNW.

DP 030887

General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the Minnivey Colliery (now the Scottish Industrial Railway Centre) with the mineral railway adjacent, taken from the WNW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

1/5/2007

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General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of Minnivey Colliery (now the Scottish Industrial Railway Centre) with the mineral railway in the foreground, taken from the NE.

DP 030885

General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of Minnivey Colliery (now the Scottish Industrial Railway Centre) with the mineral railway in the foreground, taken from the NE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

1/5/2007

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General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the Minnivey Colliery (now the Scottish Industrial Railway Centre) with the mineral railway in the background, taken from the WSW.

DP 030888

General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the Minnivey Colliery (now the Scottish Industrial Railway Centre) with the mineral railway in the background, taken from the WSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

1/5/2007

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General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of Minnivey Colliery (now the Scottish Industrial Railway Centre) with the mineral railway in the foreground, taken from the SE.

DP 030884

General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of Minnivey Colliery (now the Scottish Industrial Railway Centre) with the mineral railway in the foreground, taken from the SE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

1/5/2007

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Minnivey Colliery, NS40NE 28, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Minnivey Colliery, NS40NE 28, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

c. 1958

© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division)

General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of Minnivey Colliery (now the Scottish Industrial Railway Centre) with the mineral railway in the foreground, taken from the ENE.

General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the Minnivey Colliery (now the Scottish Industrial Railway Centre) with the mineral railway in the foreground, taken from the NW.

General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the Minnivey Colliery (now the Scottish Industrial Railway Centre) with the mineral railway adjacent, taken from the WNW.

General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of Minnivey Colliery (now the Scottish Industrial Railway Centre) with the mineral railway in the foreground, taken from the NE.

General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the Minnivey Colliery (now the Scottish Industrial Railway Centre) with the mineral railway in the background, taken from the WSW.

General oblique aerial view centred on the remains of Minnivey Colliery (now the Scottish Industrial Railway Centre) with the mineral railway in the foreground, taken from the SE.

Minnivey Colliery, NS40NE 28, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Administrative Areas

Council East Ayrshire
Parish Dalmellington
Former Region Strathclyde
Former District Cumnock And Doon Valley
Former County Ayrshire

Archaeology Notes

NS40NE 28 centred 4745 0725

[Location erroneously cited as NS4635 0795]. MINNIVEY Colliery 4 and 5

Location: Dalmellington, near Burnton

Previous Owners: National Coal Board

Sinking/Production Commenced: 1955

Year Closed: 1975

Average Workforce: 378

Peak Workforce: 470

Peak Year: 1962

Other Details: Modern National Coal Board (NCB) complex comprising 2 surface mines, and was expected to work for 40 years, replacing nearby Chalmerston [NS40NE 22.01]. The drifts were 1 in 2.5, extending down to 213m. The colliery became the site of the Scottish Industrial Railway Centre after closure.

M K Oglethorpe 2006.

See also NS40NE 21

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Aerial Photography (1 May 2007)

2007 RCAHMS Aerial Survey

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