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Frances Colliery (Beach Adit)

S of Frances Industrial Estate, Dubbie Braes, Dysart, Fife.

NGR:NT 31125 93865
WGS84:56.13251, -3.10971
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:Not recorded
Altitude:16 m
Geology:Scottish Lower Coal Measures Fm
Tags:Mine, Adit, ManMade, Lost, CoalMine
Registry:second

Mine (Coal), 20th cent.

Site of mouth to an inclined (1 in 5.5) adit that extended NW, intersecting the Bowhouse & Branxton coals. Portal probably now buried along coastal slope.

See 'Frances Colliery (No.1 Pit)' [site #11730] for further info.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Shown on abandonment plan S778 for the Branxton Coal, but un-named.

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This entry was last updated: 2026-09-16 18:45:10

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