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Fordell Day Level [No.6 Pit]

Crossgates, Black Hill, Fife.

NGR:NT 15786 88808
WGS84:56.08463, -3.35483
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:69 m
Altitude:137 m
Geology:Coal (Dunfermline Splint)
Tags:Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost
Registry:second

Mine (Coal), early 19th Century.

Shaft buried within square-shaped area showing traces of surface expression, beside patch of woodland. Sunk to Dunfermline Splint coal (38 fms) & abandoned prior to 1894.

Alternative Names: Fordell Day Level Air Shaft 1, *Old Coal Pit

Notes: See 'Fordell Day Level [Overview]' (registry site #3511) for main registry entry.

Abandoned by 1894.

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