Comrie Coal Pit No.4

Tapitlaw, Comrie, Fife.

NGR:	NT 01182 89783
WGS84:	56.09059, -3.58977
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	97 m
Altitude:	92 m
Geology:	Limestone Coal Formation - coal, ironstone
Tags:	Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost, CoalMine
Registry:	second

Site of mine (Coal, & Ironstone?), mid-19th cent.

Shown as active 'Coal Pit No.4' on OS map of 1856, abandoned by 1894. Geological map states Rough Coal (Ontake Coal) at 51 fathoms [93m]. Mine plan S2763 shows shaft situated over central area of small-scale Ontake Coal Waste worked in conjunction with No.3 Pit, with more extensive areas of workings in the 'Under Ironstone' & Inzievar Blackband Ironstone. The blackband ironstone was encountered at 18 fathoms [33m].

Owners: Forth Iron Company, Merry & Cunningham [Fife Pits]

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Mine plan S4395 states 109 fathoms [199m] to 4 Ft Coal, although this likely refers to the adjacent 'Comrie Deep Bore' (200m), particularly as Comrie Colliery mine plan S841 states a No.4 depth of 318ft [97m].

Hydrographic Feeds: None

Hydrographic Resurgences: None

Links and Resources:

Fife Pits: Comrie No. 4 Pit, Oakley - Link
Mine Plan: MRA No. S2763. Comrie. Blackband Ironstone, Gas, Six Feet, Four Feet & Three Feet - View
Mine Plan: MRA No. S4395. Kinneddar. Limestone, Upper Ironstone, Six Feet, Comrie Four Feet (Splint), Three Feet, Thirty Inch Coal & Ironstone, Lower Blackband Ironstone, Jenny Pate, Ontake & Upper Comris Blackband Ironstone. Sheet 1 of 2 - View
Mine Plan: MRA No. S841. Comrie, Lochgelly Splint. Sheet 1 of 3 - View
Geological Survey map, 1931. Fife & Kinross XXXIII.SW - View
OS 6" map, 1856. Fife Sheet 34 - View

This entry was last updated: 2026-06-02 14:03:29

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