Kingseat [Old Mine] - Scottish Cave and Mine Database Site Details

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Kingseat [Old Mine]

NGR:	NT 12373 90684
WGS84:	56.10087, -3.41027
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	151 m
Geology:	Lochgelly Splint Coal
Tags:	Mine, Adit, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost, CoalMine
Registry:	second

Site of two adit mouths now buried below field. Accessed shallow workings in the (Lower) Lochgelly Splint Coal close to its surface crop. These workings were contiguous with those from the Dean No.1 Pit to the NW, & Mary Colliery shaft (adjacent to Dean No.4 Mine) to the SE. The adits were located adjacent to a mid-19th century coal pit that pre-dated the main Kingseat (& later Dean) Colliery & had been abandoned by 1895.

Links and Resources:

Fife Pits: Kingseat Pits & Mines - Link
Mine Plan: RHP146000/707/7. Plans of Coal Board workings of Lower Lochgelly Splint, (Lower Eight Feet) (NT 36/1290). Associated plans cover Kingseat Colliery, Dean Colliery, Mary Colliery, Halbeath Pig Farm and Kingseat. 1961 - View
OS / Geological Survey map, 1931. Fife & Kinross-shire XXXIV.SW - View
MRA refs: 312690-008 (Old Mine)

This entry was last updated: 2026-06-29 11:01:53

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