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Balhearty Pit

N of Balhearty Farm, SE of Devonside/Coalsnaughton, Clackmannanshire.

NGR:NS 93745 96110
WGS84:56.14581, -3.71176
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:Not recorded
Altitude:94 m
Geology:Scottish Lower Coal Measures Fm
Tags:Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Lost, CoalMine
Registry:second

Site of shaft close to NE extremity of Melloch Colliery coal workings. This shaft was treated/capped in 1958, now buried below field with no surface expression.

Shaft marked on Geological Survey map.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Hydrographic Feeds: None

Hydrographic Resurgences: None

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This entry was last updated: 2026-06-22 11:54:25

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