Barnsmuir Colliery
Colliery (19th Century)
Site Name Barnsmuir Colliery
Classification Colliery (19th Century)
Canmore ID 84129
Site Number NS87SE 23.06
NGR NS 8650 7012
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Falkirk
- Parish Slamannan
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County Stirlingshire
Field Visit (29 July 1992)
NS87SE 23.06 8650 7012
Situated on the E side of Black Loch, this coal mine, which is depicted on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map as pithead buildings, labelled 'Barnsmuir Colliery Pit No. 7', at the end of a siding of the mineral railway which serves the rest of Barnsmuir Colliery (Stirlingshire 1899, sheet xxxv), is visible as a levelled bing, whilst the 'Air Shaft' that is also depicted on the 2nd edition OS map about 200m to the NE, comprises a partly levelled bing.
(CSW 4492 and 4493).
Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 29 July 1992
