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Bank No.6 Colliery

Colliery (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Bank No.6 Colliery

Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 130598

Site Number NS51SE 21

NGR NS 5954 1149

NGR Description Centred NS 5954 1149

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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

Archaeology Notes

NS51SE 21 5954 1149

This colliery is depicted on the 1:10560 scale Ordnance Survey map (Provisional Edition, 1958).

Information from RCAHMS (MMD), 20 August 1998.

BANK 6

Location: New Cumnock

Previous Owners: New Cumnock Collieries Limited

Types of Coal: House and Steam

Sinking/Production Commenced: 1925

Year Closed: 1969

Year Abandoned: 1969

Statistics: see Bank 1

Shaft/Mine Details: surface mine, to approximately 55m

Details in 1948: Output 150 tons per day, 44,100 tons per annum. 75 employees. Screening at Bank No. 1 and washing at Knockshinnoch Castle. Packed lunches from Knockshinnoch Castle canteen. Some steam power, 100% electricity from public supply. Report dated 09-08-1948.

Other Details: Famous because its old disused workings were used as the route through which miners trapped in the Knockshinnoch Castle disaster of 1950 were rescued. Coal and blaes used to fuel associated brickworks until 1960s.

M K Oglethorpe 2006.

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