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Forth Ironworks No.6 Pit

Inzievar, Oakley, Fife.

NGR:NT 02070 88560
WGS84:56.07979, -3.57505
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:Not recorded
Altitude:83 m
Geology:Upper Limestone Formation
Tags:Mine, Shaft, ManMade, Lost
Registry:second

Ironstone mine/pit (19th Century).

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Marked as 'Ironstone Pit' on 1856 OS map (north of Breadless house), un-named on Fife Pits map, named as Forth Ironworks No.6 by BGS. Now buried in woodland.

8 fig. coordinates determined using OS georeferencing tool (geol. survey map).

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