Kilmux Colliery, Beam Engine House
Beam Engine House (19th Century)
Site Name Kilmux Colliery, Beam Engine House
Classification Beam Engine House (19th Century)
Canmore ID 89990
Site Number NO30SE 60
NGR NO 36338 04292
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/89990
- Council Fife
- Parish Kennoway
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Kirkcaldy
- Former County Fife
NO30SE 60 36338 04292
(Kilmux Colliery, beam engine house, 630m SW of Kilmux House). The monument comprises the well-preserved remains of a beam engine house which served the small colliery at Kilmux from 1838.
The building is now roofless with the walls standing to their full height. The S, E and W walls are of squared, coursed rubble construction with ashlar quoins and ashlar facings around the openings: the N wall, which incorporates the large, arched aperture through which the beam protruded to connect with the pump rods of the mine shaft, is of dressed stone throughout. The footings of ancillary structures are visible to the immediate W and S of the building while to the S, adjacent to the field boundary, stand the footings of 2 cottages.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 5 October 1998.
