Fly No.9 Pit - Scottish Cave and Mine Database Site Details

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Fly No.9 Pit

NGR:	NS 88070 94665
WGS84:	56.13154, -3.80244
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	86 m
Altitude:	42 m
Geology:	Scottish Lower Coal Measures Fm - coal
Tags:	Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Lost, CoalMine
Registry:	second

Shaft to Cherry Coal workings with roadway to area of workings in the Alloa Splint Coal, contiguous with those of the Fly Pit & Fly No.10. Pit. See mine plans (in refs) for extent.

Notes: Erroneously marked as No. 8 Pit on Geological Survey map. All mine plans in refs show name of No.9 Pit.

Mine plan states 47 fms [86m] to LFF (Alloa Cherry Coal on Geological Survey map).

Links and Resources:

Mine Plan (MRA, S4730): Alloa Area/ Carse/ Pumpeye/ Fly Nos.9,10 & 11 Pits. Cherry Coal workings. Abandoned 1840. - View
Mine Plan (MRA, S4569): Alloa/ Pumpeye. Workings in the Three Feet Coal at the Alloa Colliery. Abandoned 1840. - View
Mine Plan (MRA, S4686). Devon. Alloa Splint. - View
OS/Geological Survey 6" map, 1926, Clackmannanshire CXXXIII.SE. Link

This entry was last updated: 2026-07-02 13:41:34

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