Inzievar No.2 Pit

Over Inzievar, Oakley, Fife.

NGR:	NT 01500 88460
WGS84:	56.07877, -3.58417
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	40 m
Altitude:	85 m
Geology:	Upper Limestone Formation
Tags:	Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Lost
Registry:	second

Mine (ironstone & coal), 19th Century.

Western access shaft to the extensive eastern part of the Inzievar ironstone workings, this section being mined at or before 1859. A short south-trending arm appears to have exploited coal to a point immediately S of the Valleyfield to Oakley road. See 'Over Inzievar [1]' (Site #7426) for main entry, and abandonment plans for further details of ironfield.

The shaft has been treated and is now buried below agricultural ground.

Alternative Names: Oakley No.2 Pit

Notes: Discrepancy between OS map shown in Streetview ("shaft (disused") and 19th Century version ("ironstone pit"). BGS coords used (8 fig).

Depth given as 22 fathoms [40m] on geol. survey / Fife Pits map.

Possibly Inzievar No.2 Pit, but unclear.

Links and Resources:

Abandonment Plan (AP194): Plan Of The Farm Of Over Inzievar Shewing Blackband Ironstone Workings 1870. (Inzievar Nos. 3 & 4) - View
Abandonment Plan (AP14771.1): Plan Shewing The Farm Of Over Inzievar And The Blackband Ironstone Workings Therein 1870. - View
OS 6" 1st Ed. 1856. Fife, Sheet 34 - View
Geological survey map, 1928. Fife Sheet XXXVIII.NW - View
Fife Pits map
MRA Ref: 301688-008

This entry was last updated: 2025-11-05 19:38:39

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