Forth Ironworks Pit

Fernwoodlea, Oakley, Fife.

NGR:	NT 01915 88370
WGS84:	56.07805, -3.57747
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	Not recorded
Geology:	Upper Limestone Formation
Tags:	Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Lost
Registry:	second

Ironstone mine, site of.

Probably dates from the 19th Century, but shaft now buried below worked agricultural field.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: See 'Forth Ironworks No.1 Pit' (Site #7426) for main entry.

Marked as Ironstone Pit on 1856 6" OS map. This pit does not appear in the abandonment plans of the Inzievar blackband ironstone works, hence this may be an older (early/mid 19th Century, or older), or perhaps a trial mine for the neighbouring 1850s Over Inzievar workings.

Located just NW of Fernwoodlea Lodge. The pit to the N is probably termed 'Forth Ironworks No.1 Gin Pit' to differentiate it from this un-numbered shaft.

Links and Resources:

OS 6", 1st Ed. 1856. Fife Sheet 34 - View
Site 7426: Forth Ironstone No.1 Pit Abandonment Plan (AP194): Plan Of The Farm Of Over Inzievar Shewing Blackband Ironstone Workings 1870. (Oakley Nos. 3 & 4) - View
Abandonment Plan (AP14771.1): Plan Shewing The Farm Of Over Inzievar And The Blackband Ironstone Workings Therein 1870. - View
MRA Ref: 301688-022

This entry was last updated: 2025-11-04 07:05:22

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