Castlandhill
Lead Mine (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Castlandhill
Classification Lead Mine (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 51006
Site Number NT18SW 81
NGR NT 119 827
NGR Description NT c. 119 827
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Fife
- Parish Inverkeithing
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
NT18SW 81 c. 11 82.
Lead was discovered at Castlandhill in the 1760s; it ran out after being worked for some time, and the venture was not profitable.
OSA 1794.
(Location cited as NT119 827): Castle Hill Lead Mine, Rosyth is an ancient mine of c.1750. This has not been found but is recorded in the Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines (HMSO, 1931, volume 5).
Grampian Speloeological Group 2008.
Reference (2008)
(Location cited as NT119 827): Castle Hill Lead Mine, Rosyth is an ancient mine of c.1750. This was not found but is recorded in the Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines (HMSO, 1931, volume 5).
Grampian Speloeological Group 2008.
