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Overton Colliery [Pit]

Overton Steadings, Blairhall, Fife.

NGR:NT 00080 89700
WGS84:56.08961, -3.60744
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:Not recorded
Altitude:88 m
Geology:Overton Gas Coal
Tags:Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost, CoalMine
Registry:second

Mine (Coal), mid-19th cent.

Small-scale workings in the Overton Gas Coal at 30 fathoms [55m], measuring ca. 140m from SW to NE. Mine plan shows B9037 road passing over the centre of the worked area that was surveyed in January 1867 (post-1st ed. OS map). Shaft now buried below field on W edge of Blairhall.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

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This entry was last updated: 2026-06-02 16:23:28

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