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Town Hill, Dunfermline, Fife.
| NGR: | NT 11200 89835 |
| WGS84: | 56.09302, -3.42884 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 131 m |
| Geology: | Limestone Coal Formation - coal |
| Tags: | Mine, Adit, Lost, CoalMine |
| Registry: | second |
Mine (Coal), 1868-1969.
Site of mine adit located immediately E of the No.1 Pit shaft, both now buried below rough vegetation. Accessed extensive longwall workings mostly worked from nearby pits of the Muircockhall Colliery, worked over several decades in multiple seams (e.g. Eight Feet Coal, Cairncubie) to the E & N of Townhill.
See Fife Pits website for overview & mine plans for detailed layout (both in refs below).
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: No.1 Pit depicted on OS map of 1896.
Hydrographic Feeds: None
Hydrographic Resurgences: None
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This entry was last updated: 2026-06-22 10:14:56
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