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Adia Road, Torryburn, Fife.
| NGR: | NT 02832 86042 |
| WGS84: | 56.05733, -3.56190 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 27 m |
| Geology: | Limestone Coal Formation - coal |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost, CoalMine |
| Registry: | second |
Mine (Coal), 18th or 19th cent. Shaft treated, now buried below grassy ground within residential estate. This was probably a bell pit, which were sometimes known as 'stair pits'.
"This Stair Pit was located between crops of Two Foot and Five Foot Coals in the north-west corner of the [Crombie coal] field close to Whyte's Pit." [Fife Pits]
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: Given coordinates derived from BGS GeoIndex.
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This entry was last updated: 2026-05-29 00:04:33
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