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West Lethans, Pit No.1
Building(S) (Post Medieval), Colliery (Post Medieval)
Site Name West Lethans, Pit No.1
Classification Building(S) (Post Medieval), Colliery (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Knock Hill
Canmore ID 79128
Site Number NT09SE 20.01
NGR NT 055 944
NGR Description Centred NT 055 944
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/79128
- Council Fife
- Parish Dunfermline
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
Field Visit (2 June 1992)
NT09SE 20.01 centred 055 944
The extensive remains of West Lethans Pit No.1 lie to the N of the dismantled railway that runs, round the N flank of Knock Hill and were depicted as roofed on the 1915 revision of the 2nd edition of the OS 25-inch map (Fifeshire, 1915, sheet xxxiii.3). The best preserved of the structures is the brick-built fan extraction housing which still stands some 6m in height; it measures 8.8m from E-W by 5.1m transversely overall, with the fan housing about 5.5m in diameter. The structure is built entirely of Lochside bricks and appears set at the top of one of the shafts. Five machinery plinths, four of brick and one of concrete are situated immediately to the W of the fan house (all still retain their metal fixing bolts), while other ancillary buildings and plinths lie farther to the W.
The half-demolished spoil tip for the colliery lies to the N.
(Cleish91 514)
Visited by RCAHMS (DE, AK, KM) 2 June 1992.
