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Wellwood Colliery (George Pit)

Queen Anne High School, Wellwood, Dunfermline, Fife.

NGR:NT 09045 88653
WGS84:56.08200, -3.46306
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:41 m
Altitude:126 m
Geology:Five Foot Coal
Tags:Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost, CoalMine
Registry:second

Mine (Coal), 19th cent.

Site of mine shaft, now buried below school grounds. Formed part of the Elgin & Wellwood Colliery with workings in the Five Feet Coal seam at a depth of 22½ fathoms [41m].

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Hydrographic Feeds: None

Hydrographic Resurgences: None

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