Muir Row [Mine Level]

Muir Row Wood, Monziehall, SE of Crossgates, Fife.

NGR:	NT 15700 87730
WGS84:	56.07493, -3.35587
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	104 m
Geology:	Glassee Coal
Tags:	Mine, Quarry, Adit, ManMade, Lost, CoalMine
Registry:	second

Mine (Coal), 18th cent.

Site of level mouth. This site is situated on/beside the crop of the Glassee Coal that this old mine probably worked. Glassee Coal workings are present here, wrought from the New Venerable Pit [NT 1569 8788] & probably also the Holburn Pit [site #3528] during the early-19th cent.

This was formerly in the N bank of the Muir Row Burn that has since been re-routed. The Minniwick sandstone quarry was located ca. 50m SW of this site.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: 'Old level' shown on N side of burn on mine plan from 1790. Given coordinates are based on burn as shown on the OS map of 1856.

Hydrographic Feeds: None

Hydrographic Resurgences: None

Links and Resources:

Mine Plan (MRA, S4670): Fordell. Splint Coal workings. 1790. - View
Mine Plan (MRA, S2954): Fordell And Cuttlehill. Blawlowan (Glassee). 1839. - View
OS 6" map, 1856. Fife Sheet 35 - View
MRA ref: 315687-022 (Drumcooper)

This entry was last updated: 2026-08-21 19:04:43

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