Benarty Mine (No.1) - Scottish Cave and Mine Database Site Details

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Benarty Mine (No.1)

NGR:	NT 15153 95972
WGS84:	56.14886, -3.36728
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	102 m
Geology:	Coal
Tags:	Mine, Adit, ManMade, Lost, CoalMine
Registry:	second

One of five closely-spaced mine mouths to parallel adits which were inclined to the ESE & accessed extensive longwall workings in multiple coal seams. Given coordinates are for the No.1 mine mouth, treated/sealed in 1962.

Links and Resources:

Fife Pits: Benarty Pit and Mines, Blairadam - Link
Mine Plan (MRA, S425): Benarty Mine. Upper Cardenden Smithy Coal seam. 1:2500. Date abandoned 1959-01-01- View
Durham Mining Museum website: Benarty Colliery - Link
Trove.scot: Benarty Colliery, New Surface Mine - Link
BGS GeoIndex ref: 249797 (Benarty Mine)
MRA ref: 315695-006 (No.1 Mine)

This entry was last updated: 2026-06-28 21:58:24

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