Bannockburn Day Level (Allan's Pit)

A91, Muir of Bannockburn, Bannockburn, Stirlingshire.

NGR:	NS 81419 89522
WGS84:	56.08375, -3.90710
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	35 m
Altitude:	53 m
Geology:	Knott Coal / Bannockburn Main Coal
Tags:	Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Lost, CoalMine
Registry:	second

Mine (Coal), 18th cent.

Site of shaft, now treated & buried below field margin along the SE side of the A91 road. Sunk 19 fathoms to the Knot(t) Coal where a section of the Bannockburn Day Level was driven through this seam. Mine plan from 1792 indicates that wasted workings in the Bannockburn Main Coal are present here, worked to crop.

See 'Bannockburn Day Level [Mouth]' (site #11789) for further details.

Alternative Names: Allan's Pit, Allans Pit

Notes: Given coordinates derived from BGS GeoIndex.

Shown as a disused coal pit beside a crossroads in the now-lost hamlet of Muirton on OS map of 1865, & labelled on mine plan dated 1792.

Hydrographic Feeds: Bannockburn Day Level

Hydrographic Resurgences: Bannockburn Day Level

Links and Resources:

Site 11789: Bannockburn Day Level (Mouth)
Mine Plan (MRA, S2662): Bannockburn. Main Coal workings. 1792. View
Mine Plan (MRA, S4705): Bannockburn & District. Bannockburn Main. 1886. View
OS 6" map, 1865. Stirlingshire XVII. View
BGS GeoIndex ref: 61746 (Allan's Pit)
MRA Ref: 281689-018 (Allan's Shaft)

This entry was last updated: 2026-09-25 08:18:38

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