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Hopewell Sink Leven Colliery Pit No.4 Dowell Sink New Engine Pit [Kirkland] Lilac Bank [shaft] Old Engine Pit [Kirkland]
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Methil Brae, Methil, Fife.
| NGR: | NT 36730 99860 |
| WGS84: | 56.18714, -3.02098 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 27 m |
| Geology: | Scottish Middle Coal Measures Formation |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost |
| Registry: | second |
Mine (Coal, Blaes & Ochre), 1830s.
Shaft marked by MRA, probably the site of the Ochre Pit.
"From 1836 to 1860 a four-foot seam of ochre, used as a pigment for house decoration, was worked near Leven by means of a day-level and also a pit. The ochre was ground at Leven by a water-mill driving edge-runners and shipped to Leith" [Stephens, 1975]
Alternative Names: Methil No.12 Pit
Notes: MRA location fits Fife Pits description of " situated about ½ mile to the west of where the Leven Nos. 1, 2 would be sunk, and near the side of the road down to Methil from Kirkland". Fife Pits map suggests that this could also be Methil No.12 Pit (synonymous terms?).
Given coordinates are 8 fig. NGR.
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This entry was last updated: 2026-05-02 17:44:26
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