Venerable Pit

Crossgates, Fordell, Fife.

NGR:	NT 15352 88465
WGS84:	56.08147, -3.36169
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	86 m
Altitude:	122 m
Geology:	Coal (Dunfermline Splint)
Tags:	Mine, ManMade, Archaeo, Lost, CoalMine
Registry:	second

Mine (Coal), 18th c?

Abandoned by 1853. Treated shaft site now buried below rear garden of residential property.

Alternative Names: Engine Pit

Notes: Dunfermline Splint at 47 fms (86m).

Labelled as 'Old Coal Shaft' on 1st Ed. OS map, & 'Air Shaft' on 2nd Ed.

Geol. Survey map & BGS state names of 'Engine Pit' & Venerable Pit, respectively.

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