Thornton No.1 Mine

Thistle Park, Balbeggie, Thornton, Fife.

NGR:	NT 28942 96115
WGS84:	56.15240, -3.14542
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	63 m
Geology:	Dysart Lower Coal
Tags:	Mine, Adit, ManMade, Lost, CoalMine
Registry:	second

Mine (Coal), early-mid 20th cent.

One of two neighbouring & connected adit mouths, both treated & buried within grounds of residential park. The No.1 adit extended NE into a vast area of workings in the Dysart Lower Coal (both pillar-&-stall & longwall types), shown on mine plan in refs. Shown as adits on the Geol' Survey map of 1931, later nationalised & operated by the NCB ca. 1947 (until closure in 1953). See Fife Pits website (in refs) for further details.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Given coordinates based on mine plan.

Hydrographic Feeds: None

Hydrographic Resurgences: None

Links and Resources:

Fife Pits: Thornton Mine, Balbeggie - Link
Mine Plan (Scotland's People, RHP146000/798/3): Plan of Coal Board workings of Dysart Lower (NT 36/2896). 1957 - View (requires SP acount)
BGS GeoIndex ref: 185261 (Thornton No. 1 Mine)
MRA ref: 328696-005 (Thornton No 1 Mine)

This entry was last updated: 2026-06-20 21:16:22

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