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Devon Colliery (No.1 Shaft)

SSPCA Centre, Devon Village, Fishcross, Clackmannanshire.

Mine (Coal), 20th cent.

An enormous system of longwall and pillar-and-stall coal workings in multiple seams, large enough to collectively underlie areas of both Alva & Tillicoutry, (& almost the entirety of Schawpark Golf Course nr Sauchie). See mine plans (in refs below) for detailed layout. Given coordinates are for the No.1 Shaft, now treated & buried below grassland on grounds of SSPCA centre.

"Earlier 18th century mine closed 1854, but mine subsequently re-established and in production by 1879. Year Closed: 1960... The deepest mine in Clackmannanshire. 2 shafts, 190m and 185m deep. No. 1 [NS 8975 9587]; No. 2 [NS 8977 9584]. Wet nature of pit required powerful pump, leading to construction of the still-surviving beam-engine house in 1864 by Neilson & Company of Glasgow." [Trove.scot]

Alternative Names: Devon Colliery No.1 Pit, Furnacebank No.1 Pit

Notes: OS 25" map of 1900 shows name of Furnacebank Pits No.1 & No.2 as part of Devon Colliery.

Hydrographic Feeds: None

Hydrographic Resurgences: None