Harran Hill Wood
Archaeological Feature(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Harran Hill Wood
Classification Archaeological Feature(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 72542
Site Number NT19NE 22
NGR NT 168 967
NGR Description Centred NT 168 967
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/72542
- Council Fife
- Parish Ballingry
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
NT19NE 22 centred 168 967
Well preserved rig observed in two fields on S-facing slope of Harran Hill, running down to Chapel Farm cottage. There are the remains of mineworkings including possible bell pits cut into the rig.
Sponsor: Fife Regional Council
P Yeoman 1991.
Field Visit (18 September 1991)
NT19NE 22 centred 168 967
NT19NE 22.01 NT 1670 9650 Bell-pits; Horse-engine platform (Cleish91 369)
NT19NE 22.02 NT 1667 9677 Coal Mine (Cleish91 370)
NT19NE 22.03 NT 1682 9674 Coal Mines (Drift) (Cleish91 371-2)
& NT 1686 9665
NT19NE 22.04 NT 166 965 Cultivation Remains; Trackway (Cleish91 373)
A group of bell-pits and two drift mines overlie an extensive system of rig cultivation on the SE slopes of Harran Hill overlooking the mining monument in Lochore Country park. The cultivation remains are visible on vertical air photographs. (OS 77/168/311-13).
(Cleish91 369-373)
Visited by RCAHMS (SPH) 18 September 1991.
