Fordell Colliery
Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Fordell Colliery
Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) George, William, Wellington, Lady Anne Pits
Canmore ID 139718
Site Number NT18NE 60
NGR NT 1590 8940
NGR Description Centred NT 1590 8940
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Fife
- Parish Aberdour (Dunfermline)
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
NT18NE 60 centred 1590 8940
Site recorded as part of a desk-based assessment and field inspection conducted in connection with an environmental assessment for proposed works on power lines between Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy.
Full details of the methods and results of this exercise are in a report, a copy of which will be deposited in the NMRS.
NT 156 897 George Pit, Fordell Colliery.
NT 158 888 Coal mine.
NT 159 890 Coal mine (Lady Anne Pit).
NT 159 894 Coal mine (William Pit).
NT 160 889 Coal mine.
Sponsor: Gillespies on behalf of Scottish Power plc.
A J Dunwell and B Finlayson 1997
Fordel Colliery is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Fife and Kinross 1856, sheets 35 and 36) comprising George Pit, Wellington Pit and Lady Anne Pit. Three structures are annotated engine houses along with chimneys and refuse heaps. Only one shaft is shown on the current chart copy of the OS 1:10000 map (1990).
Information from RCAHMS (KC) 27 January 1999.