Limeylands Colliery
Colliery (Period Unassigned), Commemorative Monument (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Limeylands Colliery
Classification Colliery (Period Unassigned), Commemorative Monument (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 130848
Site Number NT46NW 78
NGR NT 4039 6952
NGR Description centred on site of colliery and buildings
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/130848
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Ormiston
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT46NW 78 40396952
(Location cited as NS4062 6947 - to the extreme east end of the site). LIMEYLANDS Colliery
Location: Ormiston
Previous Owners: Ormiston Coal Company
Types of Coal: House and Steam
Sinking/Production Commenced: 1895
Year Closed: 1954
Average Workforce: 269
Peak Workforce: 335
Peak Year: 1952
Shaft/Mine Details: 2 shafts, 46m deep
Details in 1948: Output 290 tons per day, 72,500 tons per annum. 303 employees. Coal washed at Tynemount Colliery (NT46NW 80). Canteen, first-aid room, ambulance. Electricity supplied by SE Scotland Electricity Board. Report dated 15-07-1948.
M K Oglethorpe 2006.
Note (20 December 2022)
A stone memorial listing details of the mine is located by the railway line close to the location of the coal mine.
Information from HES 20 December 2022
