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Comrie Colliery (No.2 Shaft)

Bickramside, N of Blairhall, Saline, Fife.

Treated mine shaft, part of the Comrie Colliery complex.

"Shaft No. 2 (grid reference 300639, 690939) has a diameter of 6.7 m and was sunk to a depth of 397 m... The No. 2 shaft was used for taking materials and men into the mine down to the loading level of 380 m below ground level (BGL). The two shafts, roughly 100 m apart at ground level and with at least 152-182 m of roadway between them at depth, are connected underground by a series of roadways...

[Shaft No 2] Infilled with colliery-discarded material to c. 10.8 m below ground level (c. 1986), beneath soffit shutters. Backfilled with colliery waste from the top of the plug to ground level. 5500 mm-thick mass concrete plug. Supported by 450 mm-thick reinforced concrete and 600 mm soffit shutters." [Whittington et al. 2025]

See 'Comrie Colliery (No.1 Shaft)' [site #10777] for main registry entry & references.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: No.2 Shaft also used for downcast ventilation.

Given coordinates derived from BGS GeoIndex.

Hydrographic Feeds: None

Hydrographic Resurgences: None