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Bankhead [Old Shaft] Sheep Park Pit Devon Colliery (Hunter's Pit) Devon Colliery (Whitesink Pit) Blackfaulds Pit Black Row [Old Pit] Devonbank [Shaft [1]] Bankhead Quarry [Shaft] Arn's Well Pit Devonbank [Shaft [2]] Devonbank [Old Shaft] Devonbank [Shaft [3]] Devonbank [Shaft [4]] Devon Colliery (No.1 Shaft)
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Clackmannanshire.
| NGR: | NS 90226 95712 |
| WGS84: | 56.14144, -3.76820 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | Not recorded |
| Geology: | Not recorded |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Lost, CoalMine |
| Registry: | second |
Old Shaft marked on OS map. Burneye Pit, Alloa Cherry at 66 fathoms (no 2 ft. coal in shaft) marked on Geological Survey map.
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A coal pit and shaft, situated to the E of a tramway leading northwards to Devon Iron Works, is depicted on 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Perth and Clackmannan 1866, sheet cxxxiv). The coal pit is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1978), but there is a spoil tip depicted to the N. [Trove.scot]
Alternative Names: Birnie Pit
Notes: First edition of the 25" OS map, 1861, shows the coal pit and shaft just north of Birnie (a house or farm?), east of the mineral railway.
Hydrographic Feeds: None
Hydrographic Resurgences: None
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This entry was last updated: 2026-07-04 23:05:39
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