Inzievar No.4 Pit

NGR:	NT 01060 88520
WGS84:	56.07922, -3.59126
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	139 m
Altitude:	65 m
Geology:	Upper Limestone Fm / Limestone Coal Fm
Tags:	Mine, Shaft, Archaeo, Lost
Registry:	second

Treated shaft to the NW of Over Inzievar farmhouse that accessed the 'western workings' of the Inzievar ironfield. Site located on E margin of overgrown associated bing. The faces of the mine around the base of the pit were worked in 1870.

See 'Over Inzievar [1]' (Site #7426) for main entry, and abandonment plans in refs for further details of ironfield.

Abandonment plans show that an 'Old Day Level' adit was present to the SW at a site now occupied by woodland (NT 0088 8836), which must be early/mid 19th Century or older.

Notes: Labelled on geol' survey map as "IZ BB. at 76 fms" [Inzievar Blackband at 139m], and 'Old Shaft' on 1896 map.

8 fig. coordinates determined using BGS / OS georeferencing tool (geol. survey map).

Links and Resources:

Site 7426: Over Inzievar (1)
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 25" map, 1896. Fifeshire XXXVIII.1 - View
MRA Ref: 301688-005 (No.4 Pit) / 300688-010 (Day Level adit)

This entry was last updated: 2025-11-05 19:39:34

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