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Blackfaulds Pit

Gannel Hill View, Devon Village, Clackmannanshire.

Shaft marked on Geological Survey map, south of Black Row (now modern housing at Gannel Hill View). Black Row - which was a former terrace of miners' housing - has been replaced by modern housing accessed from Gannel Hill View. The former farm outbuildings off Blackfaulds Road have recently also been replaced by modern housing (Google Streetmap, c. 2022, still shows the farm out buildings, with Gannel Hill View under construction). The strip of agricultural land between the farm and Benview Terrace (the site of the shaft) is now an access road.

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The Blackfaulds Pit was a historic, shallow underground coal mine located in Coalsnaughton, Clackmannanshire, Scotland (often referred to as part of the Alloa coalfields). Historically operated by the Alloa Coal Company, it was part of the centuries-long coal mining legacy in Scotland's "Wee County". [Google AI Overview]

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Named after Blackfaulds Farm off Blackfaulds Road. The original farm building without the outbuildings is now a large private house(backing onto Gannel Hill View).

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