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Myne Pit Whyte's Pit Stair Pit [Torryburn] Torryburn No.1 Pit Ayr Pit Torryburn No.2 Pit Bankhead No.2 Pit Brown's Pit Craigflower Pit Denmark Pit Bankhead No.1 Pit Bankhead [Pit] (II) Kirk Gate Pit Bankhead No.3 Pit Black Hill Sink Crombie Kirk Sink Bank Sink Bankhead [Pit] (I)
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Torryburn, W of Dunfermline, Fife.
| NGR: | NT 02792 85884 |
| WGS84: | 56.05590, -3.56249 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 33 m |
| Geology: | Limestone Coal Formation - coal |
| Tags: | Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost, CoalMine |
| Registry: | second |
Mine (Coal), 18th or 19th cent. Probably a bell pit with shaft buried below wooded margin of field.
"Aptly named because of its location, the Loanhead Pit, to the north-west corner of the [Crombie] coalfield, was located north-east of the Air Pit. It lay between crops of the Five Foot and Dunfermline Splint Coals." [Fife Pits]
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: Given coordinates derived from BGS GeoIndex.
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